To: Rytwyng
Oh, it most generally *is* a party, with a lot of very serious Christianity underlying it all.
I've known any number of Irish who are now Orthodox. Nothing quite like having a "Father O'Malley" with a long beard, swinging a censer!
One thing I've noticed is that the Irish don't lose any of their story-telling abilities when they become Orthodox...
55 posted on
07/05/2005 4:09:38 PM PDT by
Agrarian
To: Agrarian
One thing I've noticed is that the Irish don't lose any of their story-telling abilities when they become Orthodox...All you had to do to confirm that was listen to any of the comments from Father Denis Bradley when he served as the toastmaster for Metropolitan Theodosius celebration dinner in DC a few years back.
56 posted on
07/05/2005 4:57:04 PM PDT by
FormerLib
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