Two weeks ago we introduced this new series, Ekonomia: Home Management toward Heaven. If you missed that article or video, check it out here. And last week started building our home management system by Simplifying. This week we are going to start this program by working on simplifying. If you want to watch the video, …
Last week we introduced this new series, Ekonomia: Home Management toward Heaven. If you missed that article or video, check it out here. This week we are going to start this program by working on simplifying. If you want to watch the video, check it out below. Otherwise, continue reading for this content in blog …
Today is the start of a series where we work on building a home management system from scratch. Or, at least, from wherever we are at. The content of this week’s article is also available in video format. You can watch the video by clicking here. Otherwise, continue on reading this article! Ekonomia: Home Management …
Setting Reading Goals for 2022 If you like books, chances are you have accumulated a number of books that you want to read but haven’t started yet. Let’s work together this year to start on those books! And even if you don’t have any unread books lying around, you can still use this method to …
Happy Feast of the Nativity of Christ! Christ is born! Glorify Him! Wishing you and your families a blessed celebration of the Nativity of Christ. Happy Christmas! Merry Christmas! God Bless! Kyleshka, The Badger Dad, Little Fox, and Little Badger – there will be no new content this week in order to take a …
Nativity of Christ: Byzantine Christmas One of the obvious differences in how the East and West celebrate the Nativity is the Calendar day. The Gregorian calendar, which is also the current calendar used by the secular world, places the date of Christmas on December 25th. And the Annunciation on March 25th, and so on. The …
We celebrate the five companions, Eustratios, Auxentius, Egenius, Mardarius, and Orestes on December 13th. These five companions, Martyred during the reign of Diocletian, the five companions are alternatively called Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes. Either way, their names are quite the mouthful! So what do we know about these five companions? Eustratios/Eustratius and Auxentius …
We celebrate our venerable and God-bearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified on December 5th. So right before the Feast of St. Nicholas! Father Sabbas the Sanctified St. Sabbas is also known as Sabas, and is pronounced [Sava]. He was the son of an army officer, and was left in the care of his aunt and uncle …
Simple Home Organization Crash Course Hello and welcome back to TheByzantineLife.com. A special welcome if this is your first time here – be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest! And if you’re a returning friend, thank you for following along with us. I first published this article in 2019, to correspond with offering …
We celebrate Saint John Chrysostom (c.347 – 407) on November 13th. (In the west it is in September) It is his Divine Liturgy we celebrate most days of the year. So no wonder St. John Chrysostom is called the Golden-Mouthed! St. John Chrysostom is one of our most popular saints in the East. He is …
