{"id":2218,"date":"2004-12-23T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-23T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2004\/12\/christmas-eveeve-stuff.html"},"modified":"2004-12-23T01:39:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-23T01:39:00","slug":"christmas-eveeve-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2004\/12\/christmas-eveeve-stuff.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas EveEve Stuff &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Pope Shenouda III, the top Coptic cleric, has <a href=\"http:\/\/directionstoorthodoxy.org\/mod\/news\/view.php?article_id=2981\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">withdrawn to a desert monastery <\/a>to draw attention to grievances among Egyptian Christians.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard of antagonists in the church, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.local6.com\/news\/4014307\/detail.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this one <\/a>takes the cake.<\/p>\n<p>An overdue welcome to the Blogosphere to a <a href=\"http:\/\/minorclergy.journalspace.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fellow worker <\/a>in the Southern vineyard.<\/p>\n<p>Our parish\u2019s catechumen has also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brothersandsistersofchrist.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">launched<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ah \u2026 Planned Parenthood.  God help us.  Here\u2019s their <a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/ppfastore\/20chofeahoca.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cChristmas Card.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that St Athanasius\u2019s classic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spurgeon.org\/~phil\/history\/ath-inc.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On the Incarnation<\/a>, with preface by CSL, is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spurgeon.org\/~phil\/history\/ath-inc.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">online<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve only been Christmas shopping once, that would be yesterday, but I noticed that everyone \u2014 Everyone \u2014 in the shops wished me a \u201cMerry Christmas.\u201d  Seems that <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=2206&amp;ncid=742&amp;e=15&amp;u=\/ucjl\/20041221\/cm_ucjl\/thecwordismakingacomeback\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the \u201cC-word\u201d is making a comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a must read \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doxos.com\/comments.php?id=P1682_0_1_0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a wonderful memory of Christmas <\/a>\u2014 by (Huw) Raphael.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Shenouda III, the top Coptic cleric, has withdrawn to a desert monastery to draw attention to grievances among Egyptian Christians. 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