tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post1472347206690120247..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: Ss Hadrian of Canterbury and Fillan of StrathfillanAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-41033472739119620202009-01-22T09:36:00.000-06:002009-01-22T09:36:00.000-06:00I would appreciate more mentions of name derivatio...I would appreciate more mentions of name derivation, as you come across interesting examples. Such came in very helpful when trying to accommodate the non-Orthodox wife as she suggested baby names - as did lists of pre-Schism saints. Who ever would have thought Jasper and Casper were forms of Gaspar the Magi without looking it up? well, the similarities are obvious when they're written next to each other, but not otherwise.<BR/><BR/>I am generally pretty flexible with what people call me: Chris or Christopher. I do have to admit I bristle a little when called Christophoros. I know it is the original form and I know the Greeks and Greek-Americans (including the priest) don't mean anything by it, but it's just another example where it feels like that lack of cultural boundaries in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' where everything is based in Greek and the importance of Greek must always be highlighted. It's hard not to point out more modern history and culture; the Assyrians were HUGE at one point, too, and the Chinese and Indians did a lot of the same things at the same time or sooner, so... <BR/><BR/>I digress.123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-38960401089694238692009-01-22T09:23:00.000-06:002009-01-22T09:23:00.000-06:00The different forms of names is a subject that has...The different forms of names is a subject that has always fascinated me. I'll have to make more mention of it on here.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about that blog. I just thought this guy must really have some issues to be devoting so much energy to something he claims not to believe in!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-23645667987893324112009-01-22T08:47:00.000-06:002009-01-22T08:47:00.000-06:00I learned two little things here that I hadn't bef...I learned two little things here that I hadn't before: Adrian is a form of Hadrian and Austin a form of Augustine.<BR/><BR/>That St. Fillan blog really is sad. It reminds me of the sections in Fr. Seraphim Rose's biography where they talk about how angry he was at the God he was daring to strike him down, just so he could know for sure whether God existed and who He was.123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-36770930626953055852009-01-22T08:24:00.000-06:002009-01-22T08:24:00.000-06:00I'm glad you liked it!I'm glad you liked it!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-91876796884846802072009-01-22T08:04:00.000-06:002009-01-22T08:04:00.000-06:00What a wonderful post! Very interesting. Thank you...What a wonderful post! Very interesting. Thank you.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10387093688822098154noreply@blogger.com