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guess I'm not actually on maternity leave, as I mean to continue participating more regularly...
<!-- <div class="boilerplate" id="stub" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; background: #EEEEEE; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px solid #CCC; width: 60%; align: center">'''Presvytera Magda''' is currently away from OrthodoxWiki on an indefinite maternity leave.</div> --->[[Image:Magda_wedding.jpg|thumb|right|Magda's wedding]]<br>
I am currently one of the [[Special:Listadmins|sysops]] here on '''OrthodoxWiki'''. You are more than welcome to comment and ask questions on my [[User_talk:Magda|talk page]].
 
:<font color="gray">''Recently returned from South Bend for [[User:Vandrona|Virgil]]'s [[ordination]] to the [[diaconate]] by [[Metropolitan]] [[Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago|Iakovos of Chicago]] ([[GOARCH|Greek Archdiocese]]) on [[June 4]]. Link to pictures forthcoming (I hope).</font>
==Useful links==
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===Drafts===
*[[User:Magda/Edittools]] A draft for English and Romanian edittool files for mediawiki use. (Discussion: [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#edittools]])
*[[User:Magda/Category Sitemap]] A different way to look at the hierarchical structure of categories on the English-language wiki, to streamline it, and to assist in structuring and lining up other-lanugage versions.
===External===
*[http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp Feasts and Saints of the Church Year] on the [[Orthodox Church in America]] site
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/calendar.asp Church Calendar] and [http://goarch.org/en/chapel/search.asp Search for a Saint] from the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|goarch]] website
*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html Prologue of Ohrid] ([[Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada|Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese of Western America]])
*[http://ccel.org/fathers2/ The Christian Classics Ethereal Library] a wonderful repository of patristic translations
*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/alphabetical.htm Orthodox Research Institute] All the Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in alphabetical order
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8049.asp A Dictionary of Orthodox Terminology] (goarch)
*[http://webtrance.skycode.com/online.asp Bulgarian-English translator]
*[http://www.dictionare.com/ Romanian-English-Romanian dictionaries]
<!-- *[http://pomog.org/index.html?saintlist.shtml Complete List of Saints] from the website of the Protection of the Mother of God Church ([[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia|ROCOR]]) in Rochester, New York *[http://saintgeorge.org/news_and_events/church_calendar/saint_of_the_day/saint_of_the_day_index.php Saint of the Day] from the website of the Saint George [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Orthodox]] Christian Church in Washington, DC
*[http://www.antiochian.org/western/liturgics/synaxarion Synaxarion] from the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] website
==Personal==
===Magda===
I am [[marriage|married]] to a seminarian priest who serves at the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusetts.  A [[convertGOARCH]] from [) parish of [Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], I was [[chrismation|chrismated]] on [[January 25]], 2004, the [[feast day]] of Sthttp://www. [[Gregory the Theologian]]stjohncr. I chose the name ''Magdalene'' for my middle name to honor my [[patron saint]], org/ St. [[Mary Magdalene]John the Baptist]in Cedar Rapids, whose [[feast day]] is [[July 22]]Iowa.
My husband and A [[convert]] from [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], I were married was [[chrismation|chrismated]] on [[July 24January 25]], 2004, at the [[feast day]] of St. [[Apostle Andrew|AndrewGregory the Theologian]] Greek Orthodox Church . I chose the name ''Magdalene'' for my middle name to honor my [[http://wwwpatron saint]], St.orthodoxchurchofstandrew.org[[Mary Magdalene]] of South Bend, Indiana, by Fr. George Konstantopouloswhose feast day is [[July 22]].
One of my favorite authors is My husband and I were married on [[July 24]], 2004, at St. [[Frederica Mathewes-GreenApostle Andrew|Andrew]]Greek Orthodox Church [http://www.orthodoxchurchofstandrew.org]of South Bend, Indiana, by Fr. George Konstantopoulos. We have four children.
I am interested in [[iconography]]—both in the writing and interpreting of icons—and in learning [[Byzantine chant]].
===[[User:Vandrona|Magda's Husband]]===
My husband, VirgilFr. Peter, came from Romania to pursue undergraduate studies. His Prior to graduating from [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross]] as the valedictorian, his most recent degree is was a doctorate in computer science. At Holy CrossHe enjoys sports, singing (opera, barbershop, he participates in the school's soccer and basketball teams. He enjoys chantingchant), working for the Church, and sharing really bad puns. He is nigh invulnerable and quite tall, both on purpose. Our parish assignment is at St. [[Basil the Great|Vasilios]] Greek Orthodox Church [http://www.stvasilios.org] in Peabody, Massachusetts. He is involved in adult education as well as teaching the [[hymn]]s of the Church to the church school students.
*[http://magdalini.blogspot.com/2006/06/ordination-to-diaconate.html Pictures and explanations] of [[User:Vandrona|Dn. Virgil]]'s [[ordination]] to the [[diaconate]] by [[Metropolitan]] [[Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago|Iakovos of Chicago]] ([[GOARCH|Greek Archdiocese]]) on [[June 4]], 2006, at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church in South Bend, Indiana.
*[http://magdalini.blogspot.com/2006/06/first-liturgy-as-deacon.html Pictures and explanations] of the first Liturgy he served as a deacon, with Fr. Andrew Demotses and Fr. Costin Popescu, on [[June 6]], 2006, at St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church in Peabody, Massachusetts.
*[http://picasaweb.google.com/magda.andronache/OrdinationToThePriesthood Pictures] of Fr. Peter's ordination to the priesthood by Metropolitan [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta|Alexios of Atlanta]] on his [[name day]], [[June 29]], 2007, at St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Savannah, Georgia.
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