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Dear Teen Logo,

What do you mean by St Alexius being your "patron saint?"

In any event, there are two feasts of St Alexius in the Roman Calendar: March 17th and July 17th - only March 17th (30th OC) is celebrated in the East.

Alex

Happy Birthday Dr.!

30 certainly is a milestone.

My birthday is today (4-0) but that's not my point here.

When I was right out of college I got a job in Los Angeles and spent about ten months out there. When I decided to move back to Chicago my friends in LA thought I was nuts. They'd say, "wait til you get that first feel of cold weather, you'll be running back!"
I got back to the Midwest just before Thanksgiving and the weather was magnificent (40s-50s and the leaves had all turned). I too was never so thankful to be back in the Midwest.
To this day I have not been back to LA, though I would like to visit. But to live there and raise a family?
And none of the Greeks I met out there owned a restaurant. What's up with that?

Hi Paul,

A Happy, happy birthday to you too!

The big 40 was a scary one for me and really put me into a funk for some reason.

Your Greek Orthodox sister in Christ,
Alice

By the way, if you are from Chicago, I recently saw the film 'Do you wanna dance?' which was filmed and took place in Chicago. It was about a Greek Orthodox priest--infact it was based on a real priest in your area. Have you seen it?

Alex,

I know about St. Alexi's feast day(s). I don't know about Samuel the Judge, however.

What do you mean what do I mean by "patron saint." You know that Roman Catholics take a patron saint to themselves on their Confirmation. I chose St. Alexis as my patron saint upon my conversion to the Catholic Church (which necessarily included Confirmation, but I'd already been baptized when I was an infant using valid practices; I do come from a very religious family and society in gengeral).

Logos Teen

Happy birthday Dr. Eric!

Many years!

Dear Alex of the Peacable Kingdom, (yeh right! Canada, huh?),

You said:

"The saint's day fell on or near one's birthday so it was like a birthday."

I say:

Actually I'm surprised. I know with Greeks, the first son takes the name of his paternal grandfather. The second Greek son, the name of his maternal grandfather. The first Greek daughter takes the name of the paternal grandmother, and the second the name of the maternal grandmother.

Of course today, customs are not always followed.

Zenovia

Dear Anheleyna (I hope that's how it's spelled,) Nonna, Dr. Alex, Logos Teen, PaulNik, and Father Elias,

Thanks for also wishing me a Happy Birthday!

Dr. Alex my father's name is Gary. So one of my names could be Garrison!

Happy 40th to you PaulNik!!!

Logos Teen, I can't give you 2 of my years, but if you are looking to do something that you should not be doing in your state. I suggest that you go to New Orleans or Washington D.C. it is legal to do what you want to do in those cities at 18 instead of 21.

Not that I condone what it is that you want to do at your age because of the law. Once you get to be 21 it's no longer fun. That's why in Europe no one really makes a big deal about it.

I actually started to feel old when I became 22. But that was more because of male pattern baldness.

HEy, I wished you a happy birthday twice!

Pyrohy,
Did I forget you? I'm sorry. Thanks Pyrohy. And Thanks Pyrohy!

You know, I never saw that movie (just parts of it) but I have friends who were extras in it. They were part of the group of men Greek dancing at the wedding.
The priest, whom the movie was based upon, is Fr. Chris Kerhulas and I've know him for many years. He is a terrific man a big Blackhawks fan.

Paul

Happy Birthday PaulNik and domilsean. May our Good God grant to both of you many years of peace, health, and happiness. God bless you both.

Wow, it is interesting to this ol' convert to learn more about name day celbrations. I just noticed Fr. Anthony's comments on his celebration the other day in the Prayer Forum. Sounded like a wonderful day and he must have been wearing roller skates - well today i guess they wear roller blades.

Pani Rose

He already has, He already has.

(May He do the same for you. Bless.)

Dear Dr Gary,

"St Gary" is St Garai, son of Cewydd of the family of Caw, a Welsh saint of Bangor and fonder of Llanarrai, Glamorgan in the 6th century.

I've also known Gary's who were named after "St Garibald" the bishop of Ratisbon, ordained by S Boniface in 739 and whose feast is 7 June/8 January.

Alex

Dear Teen Logo,

Oh, so that's your confirmation name!

O.K.!

As for St Samuel, he is the last Judge and the first Prophet in Israel, of the tribe of Levi, a son of Elkana and Anna. He was vowed to the Lord as a Nazarite and was buried at Ramatha.

His relics were found in 406 and brought to Constantinople to his own Church there!

His Feast is August 20th in the Roman Martyrology and full office in the Greek Church.

His feast is celebrated by the Catholic Church in Jerusalem and Venice in a special way and a portion of his relics are in Venice in a church named for him as well.

Alex

VERY COOL!

Alice