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Abun d'Bashmayo

Ever so slowly falling in love with Syriac Orthodox Christianity and her people

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Lord who can grasp all the wealth of just one of Your words

Or, why I agree with St. Ephrem that we need to show ourselves approved (2 Timothy 2:15)

Yoldath Aloho, Theotokos, Mother of God

Why do we honor the Virgin Mary so much in the Orthodox world?

Can You Detect a Fake Orthodox Page?

AI is making strange bedfellows with those who are cosplaying Orthodox.

"There Are Friends Who Are True Friends, and There Are Friends Who Are Closer than a Brother."

How Proverbs 18:24 played out in my becoming Orthodox.

"A Shiny New Thing"

Or, why Orthodoxy is exactly not that, but rather faithful to Scripture.

A God Sighting at a Monastery

When God shows Himself up close and personal

A Rich and Meaningful Pentecost

A look into both Syriac Orthodox and Greek Orthodox practices around Pentecost

The Kneeling Prayers of Pentecost in the Syriac Orthodox Church

Syom Burke - Vespers of Pentecost

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The spiritual part of my trip to Germany

Trip to Germany 🇩🇪 May 10-18, 2026

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Some Observations of Syriac Orthodoxy in Germany

From a Trip to Germany in May 2026

Absent from the Body and Present with the Lord

Or, how I changed my mind about wanting to go to be with Christ now.

My Heart Is Strengthened in the Lord, Istanbul Edition

God is on the move - and it's exciting!

Death Shook When He Saw the Noble One Moving Straight Toward Him.

The message of Easter

The Sundays of Great Lent in the Syriac Orthodox Church (and Beyond)

If you ask me, the most blessed time of the church year!

A Prayer of Confession Before Partaking of the Eucharist

What we say...and how we often don't do what we say.

Making Friends with Saints

Some things in Orthodoxy don't come naturally for a convert.

I Trust That by God’s Grace I Am Being Saved

A Lent reflection.

For You are the Raiser of the Dead

A Syriac Orthodox understanding of death

One thing I ask from the Lord

On the beauty of the Lord in His temple and of our perception of His holiness.

When Icons Bring Life

How I profoundly changed my perspective on religious icons