Tag: Childbirth
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Childbirth is a Blessing, Not an Occasion of Impurity
by Carrie Frederick Frost | ру́сский Multiple petitions are offered for the fruitfulness of a couple’s union during an Orthodox marriage service, so many that a college friend characterized my wedding as a fertility rite. One such example: “That He will grant unto them the enjoyment of the blessing of children…let us pray to the […]