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As we continue our series of prayers written by Orthodox women past and present, we share this Pre-Communion prayer written on the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos, 2022, by Matushka Christina Veselak.

Karen Schmidt, a member of St. Nicholas Parish in Portland, OR, was present at the Glorification of St. Olga in Anchorage this past weekend. We asked her to share what she took away from that time:

St. Olga has been beloved by our family since our conversion to Orthodoxy, and so it was a great privilege for us to attend her glorification in Anchorage.

To continue our series of prayers written by Orthodox women throughout the ages, we're sharing the Sedation, tone 4, from the Canon of Racial Reconciliation by Carla Thomas:

The services surrounding the Glorification of Saint Olga of Alaska, the first Orthodox female saint of North America, will be live-streamed from Alaska for the next four days. Anyone interested can participate through the links below:

This past May, I graduated with my Master’s in Theology with a concentration in Sacred Arts from Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. A few days before commencement, all the graduates were invited to a dinner with the faculty and the board of trustees.

“It was given to Abba Anthony to see a doctor in Alexandria who was simply and humbly doing what God had given him to do. His inner being stood in the presence of the Lord as he worked and prayed. According to the literature of the desert, this is the goal of our life in this world as it is set out for all Christians..."

― Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality, emphasis added