I can never decide whether to go with the flash photo or the non-flash photo ... one's sharper, the other brighter ...
Anyway, some of you might remember my sister Michelle, who has visited St. Herman's on several occasions (including Pascha 2003, one of the very first Orthodox services I ever attended; gosh, has it been five years already!?). For the last little while she has been attending Holy Nativity Antiochian in Fort Langley, and this past Sunday, she was received into the catechumenate there.
So we all sang her a round of "many years" -- not for the last time, I'm sure!
Meanwhile, the twins turned two a couple weeks ago, and their baby brother Nicholas (born January 14) will be ready for churching in a week or two ... and then, at some point not too far down the road, he'll be ready for baptism ...
Lots of ceremonies, big and small, coming up in the future ...
