Hello everybody! Glory to Jesus Christ! Thank you for checking in with us.
More specifically, thank you for patient with us during our year hiatus from creating content for The Byzantine Life. It has been a year of adjusting to having a toddler boy and participating in more activities outside the home. (In particular, two days a week of music lessons, and two days a week of homeschool co-op, with some overlap).
Now that this year is at a close, it is time for me to get back to writing (and perhaps, producing video content). And in honour of this return, let me bring you a short reflection on Blessed Patience.
Blessed Patience
In the Orthodox church, Blessed Hypomone is sometimes translated into English as Blessed Patience. She was an empress consort to the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, and then later became a clositered nun. During her life she provided advice and counsel to her sons, two of whom became emperors. Certainly, she must have had a lot of patience to navigate the politics of the Byzantine Empire!
Apolytikon of Blessed Patience
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Let us praise the Cloistered Queen, Patience the Righteous, the pious dove of the world, thrown from the world of confusion to the tents of heaven, in love she thrives, exercise and humiliation crying, break, with thy hands, our invincible bonds, your Majesty.
This Month In The Byzantine Life
To make up for time lost, let me share with you some of our upcoming articles!
July 4th – This Article!
July 11th – Catechesis at Home
In this article we will go over our family’s goals for teaching catechism at home, as well as what resources we are using. I’m really excited to share some beautiful reasouses we’ve found to add more beauty and depth to our icon corner time and catechesis!
July 18th – Curriculum Picks 2024-2025
Little Fox will be using grades 2-4 resources, and Little Badger will be using k-2 resources this year. Stay tuned to see what those are. Patreons will have access to some extra files.
July 25th – Byzantine Bookshelf
In this article we will share some more great books to have on your family bookshelf. In fact, let’s just call July a book month. We do love our books!
The Byzantine Life
Thank you for being here with The Byzantine Life! Next week, check out our article about Catechisis at Home! In the meantime: Be Bold, Be Beautiful, Be Byzantine!
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