Kollyva via the Orthodox Wiki Kollyva (Greek: Κολλυβα,(kólliva); Serbian: кољиво,(koljivo); Romanian: colivă; Bulgarian: коливо,(kolivo); Ukrainian and Russian: Kutya(or Kutia)) is an offering of boiled wheat that is blessed liturgically in connection with the Memorial Services in Church for the benefit of one’s departed, thereby offering unto God, as it were, a sacrifice of propitiation (atonement) for the dead person, and in honor of […]
Mary was a Ginger? I know I shouldn’t snark but sometimes I just find #jesusjunque and wonder WTF. There is just so much going on with this prayer card. For one thing- Mary (and Jesus) were both North African/ Middle Eastern Jews. There is no way that Mary would be so pale and be a […]
