Dwayne Cogdill

Designer, Religionist, Californian, Artist. Orthodox Christian. Lover of Beach Culture, Gourmet food, Movies, Magazines, Books.

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“Theology ought to be drunk from the bottom of the Eucharistic chalice. Theology I have learned not in school but in church as a worshipper.” —Fr Georges Florovsky

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“Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.’” (Jeremiah 6:16)

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“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” —St. Paul (Ephesians 4:10)

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Like Justin Martyr, I came to the faith and to the Church when I was already a mature man. And yet, I am a child in the faith.

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Awake in the night. Trying to get over my jet lag. 🫩 Praying.

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Today 40 catechumen were inducted into the Church. #pentecost

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“When the Most High came down and confounded tongues of men (Babel), He divided the Nations. When He dispensed the Tongues of Fire, He called all to unity, and with one voice we glorify the Most Holy Spirit.”

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“Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who made fishermen all-wise, sending upon them the Holy Spirit and, through them, netting the world. O Loving One, glory to You.”

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Pentecost

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“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that I shall pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy.” (Joel 2:28)

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Those present on Pentecost included the eleven Apostles and the rest of His disciples, the God-loving women who followed after Him from the beginning, His Mother, the most holy Virgin Mary, and His brethren. (Acts 1:13-15)

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“When the day of Pentecost had come …” (Acts 2:1–11)

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“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.⁠” —Jesus (John 15:26)

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Red-eye flight to Los Angeles. 🫩 HNL to LAX - six hours. 🥱 Yawn

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I met up with a young man that I know in Hawaii. I asked, “What did you do yesterday?” He said that he went skydiving! #Hawaii

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I’m getting ready to board a flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles!

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@ChristodulosA “Sacred Alaska” is a wonderful documentary about how the Aleutian people became Orthodox Christians!

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Thinking about coffee rings on napkins and volcanic craters on Oahu. #Hawaii

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“The Church was strengthened into one faith through the preaching of the Apostles and the doctrines of the Fathers. The Church is robed in truth woven of the word of God from above. It teaches truth, and glorifies the great mystery of faith.”

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“You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You.”

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Today I am remembering the Fathers of the first ecumenical council at Nicaea.