Tag Ramblings

All over the news today have been reports of the pending execution of Saddam. I have very mixed feels about his execution. What good will it serve to execute him? How will his execution make the life of Iraqi’s better?…

From Nine O’clock thanks to Floyd Frantz for the link. In the Romanian principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia there have been as many as 17 rulers with this name, the most famous of whom is Stephen the Great.BUCHAREST – The…

Word has reached us here in the village of the passing of former President Gerald Ford at the age of 93. Much will be written in the coming days of him and his presidency I would like to share some…

Yesterday after Divine Liturgy we did a quick change of the church from Advent to the Nativity season. All of the red was replaced with white and candles were placed around in different places of the church. Then a quick…

If anyone is in the area tonight, we are having Great Vespers at 5pm here in the church. Fr. Greg is coming down from Worcester so it should be a great service. We are going to try and record it…

This morning I had a great breakfast with Fr. Greg and returned to the church to find the other furnace in the church on the fritz. We have three hot air furnaces that heat the church. One went down earlier…

Okay, how many of us remember the “Seinfeld” episode Festivus for the Rest of Us? It was just on not that long ago. Well it would seem that Festivus is taking hold and catching. Who would have thought. Thanks to…

Thanks to Missionary Floyd Frantz for this information. Dear Friends of the St. Dimitrie Program, Often times, we all get pretty bleak about the situation here in Romania. Well, I guess that it is normal, given that we focus so…

So yesterday I was able to finish my Christmas Shopping. This is far in advance for me as I am usually running around on Christmas Eve finishing up. Now I just need to start wrapping everything. Nothing on the schedule…

Today I had lunch with an old friend. After graduation from High School I enlisted in the Army and ended up at Fort Polk, LA. I met this guy named Dave who was also from Massachusetts. We were together there…