Wishing a blessed Feast of the Dormition to my #Orthodox fam and happy nameday to all the Marias and Panayotis and Despinas and Parthenas out there Even @shoutingboy.bsky.social despite his ongoing terribleness

Never knew the meaning of Despina. For me it's just the name of the only intelligent person in Cosi Fan Tutte.

I missed church because I’m on vacation which happens a lot for this holiday because my birthday is in the Dormition Fast but Fr. Benjamin tells me Jesus hasn’t *quite* given up on me yet!

Blessed feast!

Inspired by this post I have expedited publishing a little thing on a lovely painting on this theme at the Met. Come have a look at what strikes me at least as a surprising representation of this melancholy moment. jonahsiegel.substack.com/p/the-feast-...

🙏🏻♥️

assuming some sort of greek orthodox observance with approved use of mint and other herbs on the lamb

He blocked me.

Thanks for the reminder, I forgot about my mother’s name day.

It's also le quinze Aout in Wallonia and the national holiday of Acadians.

Happy Feastof the Assumption, Tom.

I happened to be in Crete, during, and it calmed things down, significantly.

Had to look that one up.

Who are all those people in the birthing suite