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In your charity, please remember in prayer the members of our forum community whose anniversaries of repose fell during the months of July through October and those which fall this month
- and please forgive me for not having posted these in a more timely manner.


July 18 was the 6th anniversary of repose of Joseph Daniel Davis who posted here and at OrthodoxChristianity.net as Paisius1
July 23 was the 1st anniversary of repose of Paul Mech, spouse of our forum member, Sharon Mech, who posts under her own name

August 8 was the 18th anniversary of repose of Deacon Nicholas Rosov, spouse of our forum member, Alicia, who posts as Pentathreia
August 13 was the 11th anniversary of repose of Raymond Gassman who posted here as Raymond
August 27 was the 11th anniversary of repose of Deacon Stan Cholewinski, spouse of our forum member Rose, herself of blessed memory, who posted here as Pani Rose

September 10 was the 1st anniversary of repose of Deacon Edward Faulk who served as a Forum Administrator and posted here as Father Deacon Ed
September 11 was the 5th anniversary of repose of Ronald Schaefers, spouse of our forum member Mary Jo, who posts as Porter
September 25 was the 17th anniversary of repose of Anthony who posted here as antonius
September 28 was the 9th anniversary of Brother David Balok Ocarm who posted here as DavidB the ByzCath

October 9 was the 2nd anniversary of repose of Brendan McGuire who posted here as LatinTrad
October 10 was the 5th anniversary of repose of Ronald Montecalvo who posted here as Ron Montecalvo

November 18 will be the 18th anniversary of repose of Gerard Bugge who posted here as Gerard Seraphin
November 23 will be the 11th anniversary of repose of Tim Cuprisin who posted here under his own name
November 27 will be the 5th anniversary of repose of John Schweich who posted here under his own name

O God of all spiritual and corporeal beings, You Who trampled death, broke the power of Satan and granted life to the whole world, now, O Lord, grant rest to the soul of Your departed servants, Joseph, Paul, Raymond, Ronald, Anthony, Brendan,Ronald, Gerard, Tim, and John, the Deacons Nicholas, Stanley, and Edward, and Brother David, in a place of light, freshness, and peace, where there is neither pain, nor sorrow, nor mourning, but only life everlasting.

As You are a gracious God and the Lover of mankind, forgive them every transgression committed by them in word, thought, or deed, since there is no man alive who has not sinned, for You alone are without sin and You are the Resurrection and the Life, O Christ our God, and we render glory to You, together with Your Eternal Father, and Your most Holy, gracious, and life-giving Spirit, now and always and forever.

May their memories be eternal and may all of their loved ones be comforted in the prayerful expectation of being reunited with them in Heaven

May the memory of all these colleagues of ours be eternal in Christ the Divine Word Incarnate.

It has been truly a blessing for all of us to have been and to continue to be members of this Forum where so much can be learned, so much can be prayed for and where so much has been said and experienced about our varied paths as Christians of various traditions and spiritualities.

There are things I have said here that I am not proud of and of which I repent, both here and in confession.

But, upon reflection, that is perhaps as it should be as it is the mark of a truly dynamic spiritual Forum such as this that emotions can at times run high because of our enthusiasm for and commitment to our faith and spiritual traditions by which that faith is lived and expressed.

As committed Christians, we are not dispassionate bystanders when it comes to our religion. And we are always searching, with God's Grace, for a deeper relationship with our Saviour.

this Forum, thanks to the Administrator and our Moderators, is truly a means to an end which is immense assistance to its members on the road of Theosis and Union with God the Most Holy Trinity.

The above reposed Members were spiritually nourished and enriched by their participation here, as we all are. May they rest in peace, but dynamically in their unceasing praise of and life in our Lord, God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the Beginning and the End.

Unworthy Alex