i remember pambo's name from reading the wikipedia in high school? early college?

He was weaving a basket as he died, making this the first of his relics. Melania the Elder, who collected relics from many holy men, was at Nitria when he died and received that very basket. At the hour of his death, he reportedly said, "From the time that I came into this place of solitude and built my cell and dwelt in it I do not call to mind that I have eaten save what my hands have toiled for, nor repented of any word that I spoke... And so I go to the Lord as one that has not yet made a beginning of serving God."

im in my bed resting my feet atm having a most wonderful time on wikipedia

An Elder, "A man who keeps death before his eyes will at all times overcome his cowardliness." Blessed Macarius said, "This is the truth, if a monk regards contempt as praise, poverty as riches, and hunger as a feast, he will never die." When one desert father told another of his plans to "shut himself into his cell and refuse the face of men, that he might perfect himself," the second monk replied, "Unless thou first amend thy life going to and fro amongst men, thou shall not avail to amend it dwelling alone." It was said of Abba John the Dwarf, that one day he said to his elder brother, 'I should like to be free of all care, like the angels, who do not work, but ceaselessly offer worship to God.' So he took off his cloak and went away into the desert. After a week he came back to his brother. When he knocked on the door, he heard his brother say, before he opened it 'Who are you?' He said, 'I am John, your brother.' But he replied, 'John has become an angel, and henceforth he is no longer among men.' Then the other begged him saying, 'It is I.' However, his brother did not let him in, but left him there in distress until morning. Then, opening the door, he said to him, 'You are a man and you must once again work in order to eat.' Then John made a prostration before him, saying, 'Forgive me.'"

Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya, or Monastery of Qozhaya (also Qazahya; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܢܛܘܢܝܘܣ ܩܘܙܚܝܐ, Arabic: دير مار أنطونيوس قزحيا) is a large and important Maronite monastery. It is located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. The Monastery of Qozhaya holds significant importance within Maronite tradition and history. Its origins date back to the 13th century, serving as a residence for monks and, at one point, functioning as the headquarters of the Maronite Patriarchate. In the 16th century, it housed the Middle East's first printing press, which is still accessible to visitors. Its land holdings extended to the surrounding areas of the Kadisha Valley.

Istifan al-Duwayhi or Estephan El Douaihy (Arabic: اسطفانوس الثاني بطرس الدويهي / ALA-LC: Isṭifānūs al-thānī Buṭrus al-Duwayhī; French: Étienne Douaihi; Latin: Stephanus Dovaihi; Italian: Stefano El Douaihy He is considered one of the major Lebanese historians of the 17th century and was known as “The Father of Maronite History”, “Pillar of the Maronite Church”, “The Second Chrysostom”, “Splendor of the Maronite Nation”, and “The Glory of Lebanon and the Maronites”. born 2 August 1630 in Ehden, Lebanon, at the age of sixteen, he was sent to the Maronite College (Seminary) in Rome. He studied there for fourteen years, from 1641 to 1655, being cured of a serious condition that almost led to blindness. El Douaihy believed that the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was responsible for his cure. While in Italy, he traveled as widely as possible seeking manuscripts dealing with Maronite history and liturgy. When he returned to Lebanon at the age of 25, he continued his research. As bishop, and later as Patriarch, he undertook reforms of the Maronite Church and its monks. El Douaihy was elected Patriarch on 20 May 1670, when he was only 40 years old, but was confirmed by Rome only on 8 August 1672. He was hounded by Ottoman authorities, who resented his principled appeals for justice for the Maronites. In particular, they were frustrated by his resistance to their oppressive taxation policies: policies which saw the abandonment of many villages by peasants unable to pay their taxes. It was also a period when Maronites and, in particular, their clergy, were liable to sudden arrest, assault and murder. The Patriarch was not exempt, being assaulted himself. He was accordingly obliged to move from place to place, however he maintained his writing. Al-Duwayhi strongly believed in the social importance of education and science (being an amateur scientist himself). Given the importance of learning, and his experience in how far European education exceeded Oriental, he pursued a successful policy of sending as many Maronites to Rome as possible, to become capable of returning to the villages in which the Maronite peasantry lived, and raising the level of general education. Al-Duwayhi established a college in Aleppo, which became the base for the development of renewed monastic orders. As with his educational policy, his monastic renewal was a success, and still bears fruit today. via wikipedia

this is weird a little, but i know the mashed potatoes are gonna go crazy cos i threw in the leftover clam chowder which also had bacon in it, too

damn daniel!

idk anything about classical music i only do know when i hear something and want to do barre routines using my countertop and did

made a super fast cottage pie, it's in the oven atm all i could think about was éowyn and if smeagol is a gemini

could also say i has a nice time in the car with my vc

could say i was 'bound to an errand of secrecy' but it was just the grocery store can explain the creative writing game of noticing license plates, making words out of them, looking those up in scrabble and then looking at the etymology fun way to learn new vocab

unsung costume is the éowyn 'refugee dress' can find almost no film stills it is also the outfit where they are traveling to helm's deep, she makes a shitty stew, she literally says it isnt much, and the director is still really shitty to her, making it crystal clear to the audience it sucks and by contrast, inference being, arwen's stew would have been wonderful with even less ingredients really shitty really misogynistic i get that it is a play at a moment of levity and also to remind the audience about arwen and also to show how noble aragorn is, wincing thru it and also the trope of obsessed unwell woman cos clearly she is into aragorn by now and he is with arwen and the audience is supposed to want that but it sucks and if it were my film, éowyn's stew wouldve rocked cos it is boring as hell that elves do everything better all the time also makes me think less of aragorn he shouldve had strength enough to say he wasnt hungry or to try it and say it sucks like he basically pityfucked her and was like: yea no that was great like heavy on the gaslight and she can tell poor éowyn fuck this