Tag: Orthodoxy

• Get Thee to the Nunnery! (our honeymoon cont.)

  

  (If you have not caught up with Part I: How to Spend a Bonus Day in Greece, I recommend starting there. This will make far less sense otherwise.) *** British Airways gave us vouchers for the Athens Marriott, a 5-star hotel, with complementary lunch and dinner, a drink and snack at the airport, and a…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  August 24, 2022

  faith, Greece, married life, travel

  Athens, British Airways, Greece, Holy Relics, Honeymoon, hot chocolate, Miracles, Modi's Rental, Monastery, Nea Makri, Orthodoxy, Relics, St. Ephraim, travel

• The Top 10 of 2021 (with bonus content)

  

  Why yes, my astute and observant blog readers, I did blow right past my Thanksgiving Day blog this year, and waved farewell to my Christmas Day blog,* but I will not—WILL NOT, I TELL YOU—neglect my decade-long tradition of the New Year’s Day blog! *in an ironic twist, I found a Taylor Pork Roll section…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  January 1, 2022

  holidays, Life, lists, love

  2021, 50th anniversary, engagement, God, life changing, new year, new years, Orthodoxy, parents, top lists, top ten, videos

• Into the Wild Frontier

  

  “I’ll call the Poor Clares [monastery] and ask them to pray for your trip,” my mom said on Tuesday, the day before my flight to Orlando. “Can’t you just pray?” I whined. “We don’t have to ask the Poor Clares pray for every little thing,” I said. These are the words that will go down…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  May 2, 2021

  faith, holidays, travel

  airport, comedy of errors, Easter, flight tips, Frontier Airlines, Holy Week, Orthodoxy, Pascha, romantic comedy, text messages, travel, travel diaries, travel mishaps, vacation