The Saints model for us pursuing a life of prayer. Saints like Saint Porphyrios teach the virtue of the parents praying, especially the mother and gives a hard word, which is that is better to pray than to lecture.

“Pray more and with less words,” Saint Porphrios would say.

There is a proper time for everything except prayer, as for prayer, the proper time is always.

Antiochus

Last year all of the farmers markets were shut down due to the pandemic and we totally missed strawberry season. A major bummer since that is one fruit I do not grow in my garden…. I missed homemade jam and strawberry rhubarb pie and just plain strawberries. But this year farmers markets are thriving again and so are the berries!!

This is the first jelly roll we’ve ever made. We made it in celebration of my daughter’s and her boyfriends college graduation this past weekend. This recipe is modified from a Cooks Country recipe – I cut the sugar, stepped up the vanilla and combined a couple of steps .

When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition.

+Saint Paisios

Oh my goodness you guys! One of our most favorite desserts is made with Tsoureki…. many years ago I ended up with a lot of extra Tsoureki. So much that I ended up letting some of it get dry. Well, that was the best thing evah! In desperation not to let it go to waste I made bread pudding out of it. After many years it has become a Pascha Bright Week Tradition!!