You Really Need To Work On Your Philotheia ....

[Ed Normile]

Yea, I m talking to you, slacker. What do you think its not noticeable? It shows in how you live your life and in the way you treat the people you meet, step it up you clown !

 

 

 

Gotta stop talking to the mirror .....

 

 

ed

[Anastasia13]

Oh, you mean love of God, not just some chick named Thea. I had to look this up. Yes, I do need to work on mine. Thankfully, God isn't finished with me (or any of us) yet.

 

Here's something cool I found:

 

"Saint Philothei (also known a Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη) (1522 - 1589) was a Greek martyr and saint. She was born in Athens to an illustrious and wealthy family. Against her will, she was married to a cruel man. When he died three years later, the Saint gave away her worldly belongings, took up the monastic life and established a convent, in which she became a mother to her disciples. Many women enslaved and abused by the Muslim Ottoman Turks in harems also ran to her for refuge. Because of this, in 1589, the Turkish rulers of Ottoman Greece became enraged and came to her convent and dragged her by force out of the church. They beat her cruelly and after a few days, she died." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philothei
 

Troparia to Saint Philothei

(Tone 5)

The Faithful of Athens and all the world

honors Philothei the martyred nun

and rejoices in her holy relics.

For she has exchanged this passing life

for the life that knows no end

through her struggle and martyrdom;

and she begs the Savior to have mercy on us all.

 

 

Philothei’s feast is celebrated on February 19^th. Translated, her name means "friend of God."

http://www.antiochian.org/saint-philothei

[Immanuel]

Yea, I m talking to you, slacker. What do you think its not noticeable? It shows in how you live your life and in the way you treat the people you meet, step it up you clown !

 

 

 

Gotta stop talking to the mirror .....

 

 

ed

 

I gotta step it up too. Thanks for the reminder.