I am a few days behind ... I went camping here this past weekend and had a great time, then had to attend to my final peach harvest (shown). As you can see there are a lot of peaches to harvest. Tonight I went to an event celebrating the reunion of two churches: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR, also known as the Russian Church Abroad, RCA). On display was the miracle-working Derzhavnaya Icon and performing was the respected Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir. The church where it was held, where I have been once, is a beautiful church. It has icons on nearly every square inch of its interior.
The interesting thing about this icon of Madonna and child is that it was interpreted as "a witness that the ultimate authority over and care for Russia had passed to the Heavenly Queen Herself." Strangely enough, this is just three months before Mary appeared (so they say) at Fatima, in which she said that people must pray for the "conversion of Russia" or she would "spread her errors throughout the world". It is also the very same day of the year that visionary Sister Lucia died. Food for thought.
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