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From author, theologian, professor--and recent Axia webinar presenter--Carrie Frederick Frost:

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I wanted to write in the wake of the Axia blog posts about my book. 

My experience of this book was not that it wrote itself—it was not easy to write it—but that I had to write it; I was compelled to write it because I love my church and I felt that the issues laid out in the book were not being comprehensively addressed elsewhere. I felt that one book on women in the Orthodox church that clearly laid out the situation was needed. 

We often hear about the importance of befriending the saints and the blessings associated with our connection to them. I confess that I did not understand this concept for most of my life. As a child, saints were awe-inspiring yet simultaneously foreign and out of reach. However, a desert mother called out to me when I was friendless and spiritually barren.

This is last in our series of four blog posts by women from different jurisdictions, this week focusing especially on theological methods. We'll be holding a webinar on July 30 by Carrie Frederick Frost, who will be speaking about her new book, Church of Our Granddaughters, focusing on menstruation. (You can register for that event here.) This is by Rachel Contos, who is currently studying for a PhD in Theological Ethics: 

Here is the third in our series of blog posts by women from different jurisdictions in anticipation of a webinar on July 30 by Carrie Frederick Frost  speaking about her new book, Church of Our Granddaughters. The webinar will focus especially on menstruation. (You can register for that event here.) This post comes to us from Marianne Boules, who runs a social-impact consulting firm in California:

This piece is second in a series of four blog posts by women from different jurisdictions. We'll be holding a webinar on July 30 by Carrie Frederick Frost, who will be speaking about her new book, Church of Our Granddaughters, focusing especially on menstruation. (You can register for that event here.) This is by Marika Proctor, who is recently earned her master's degree in religion and the arts:

This is first in a series of four blog posts by women from different jurisdictions. We'll be holding a webinar on July 30 by Carrie Frederick Frost, who will be speaking about her new book, Church of Our Granddaughters, focusing especially on menstruation. (You can register for that event here.) This is by Laura Wilson, who is currently studying for a terminal degree in theology:

God gave Saint Barbara authority to serve communion.

When I speak these words in the U.S., they are often met with bewilderment and even anger, especially in convert-heavy Orthodox circles. Yet, where I come from, and in many other Slavic Orthodox countries, depicting Saint Barbara with a chalice in her hand is standard, as she is widely known for serving communion. Saint Barbara miraculously appears to women and men, to this day, serving communion to those who are dying or who find themselves in life-threatening situations.