#st. dorothy

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St. Dorothy, from Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Harry Clarke (1928)

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St. Dorothy, Virgin, Martyr (288 AC) Feast Day: February 6th

St. Dorothy was martyred in 288 by Fabricius. Because he lusted for Dorothy and desired to inherit her fortune, he attempted to marry her. However, Dorothy dedicated herself to God, denying him several times. Fabritius sought an opportunity for vengeance. Around the time of Emperor Diocletian, Fabricius brought Dorothea to his judgment to make her renounce God and sacrifice to idols. She responded, "My name is Dorothea, and I am a Christian; the true God and Lord forbids me to sacrifice someone other than him alone. Tell me, O Fabricius, if two command the opposite, an earthly ruler and a heavenly ruler, whom should I obey, the immortal God or a man?" Fabricius replied: "Don't be foolish, obey, sacrifice to the gods, where not, then you shall feel terrible torment!" Dorothea: "I fear only God, but not the torments you threaten me; these are easy and soon over, but the torments of hell are severe and eternal."

After he ordered her to be tortured with rods and whips, she remained steadfast, eager to be with God. She was thrown into the dungeon but miraculously healed there. Then, he tried to change Dorothy's mind through flattery. Unsuccessful still, he handed Dorothy over to two sisters, Christina, and Kallista, who denied Jesus and vowed to make Dorothy follow in their footsteps. However, Dorothy convinced them to join her in martyrdom. Crying at her feet, they publicly asked for her intercession and swore to die as Christians. Fabricius summoned the sisters, hoping to hear that Dorothy changed her mind, only for them to say, "We sinned because we fell away from the Christian faith; Dorothea led us to knowledge and repentance; we revoke our apostasy and want to belong to the Christian faith from now on." Enraged, the tyrant threatened them with cruel tortures, but the sisters remained steadfast in their vows and were lowered and burned in a cauldron. At their last moment, Dorothea shouted to them: "Go ahead! Your case is forgiven by God! You have found the already lost torture crown again. The merciful Father, who received the prodigal Son, will receive you with joy." At that time, Dorothy had already been through a series of tortures, being stretched and burned with torches. She gave no indication of her torment, keeping a smile and heavenly joy. The tyrant asked her: "Why are you happy amid torment and torment?" The Virgin answered him: "Never before have I had such joy in my life because I snatched the souls of my sisters from the fraudulent enemy and won them back for the Christian faith. Lieutenant, do not hesitate to complete me too to come into their company because I have long longed to come to my beloved, in whose garden I will pick roses and apples and feast with him forever." Frustrated by Dorothy, he sentenced her to death. Hearing the verdict, she exclaimed loudly, "My Lord and my God!... groom of my soul, thank you for honoring me for paradise and your blessed community." As she was led to her execution, a writer named Theophilus approached her mockingly, saying, "Listen, you bride of Christ! Send me some apples or roses from your lover's garden." Then, with holy seriousness, the Virgin said to him: "Your desire will be fulfilled. Don't doubt I'll send you roses and apples." Arriving at her execution place, she threw herself on her knees and prayed. Suddenly a heavenly boy was standing in front of her, who offered her three apples and three roses. Dear brother, said Dorothea, bring this gift to the young man Theophilus and tell him: Dorothea sends you these fruits and flowers from the garden of her heavenly groom. After these words, she was killed. Meanwhile, Theophilus laughed to tell his friends what he wanted from Dorothea and what she promised him. He was standing at the window when suddenly a boy stepped in front of him, took him aside, and said: "My sister Dorothea sends you these apples and roses from her lover's garden. When he spoke such things, he disappeared. Amazed at the beauty of the fruits and flowers that he held in his hands, even though it was wintertime, he exclaimed, enlightened by the divine light: "Surely, there is no other god but the God of Christians. Faith in Christ is not a deception. I want to worship him alone now, serve him alone." When the governor got word, he had the newly converted called before him, and since he could not dissuade him from faith in Christ by any threat, he was tortured, burned with torches, and beheaded. Dorothea is depicted in virgin garb, with roses and fruits next to her. On the 6th of February, her name is listed in the old martyrologies attributed to St. Jerome.

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Interior & artefacts of St. Dorothy’s church in Wroclaw, Poland. (photo set 3)

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St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets, early 1920s. It is the burial site of, among others, Lillian and Dorothy Gish.

Photo: NY Historical Society/Getty Images/NY Daily News

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Saint Dorothy

Died 311

Feast Day: February 6

Patronage: horticulture; brewers; brides; florists; gardeners; midwives; newlyweds; love

Saint Dorothy lived in Caesarea (Turkey) during the Diocletian persecution of Christians. Legend has it, that she was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan gods and refused. On the way to her execution, a young lawyer, Theophilus, mockingly asked her for “fruits and flowers from the garden” in which she proclaimed was in heaven. A basket of fruit and flowers was delivered to her by an angel that she gave to young Theophilus, who then converted and was also martyred. That’s why she’s the patron saint of florists.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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The Golden Girls - Favourite Moments

Season 5, Episode 24 - "All Bets Are Off"

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babylon characters + real life influences

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Dorothy Malone

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Emma Barton ~ ‘St Margaret’, ca. 1902. Carbon print. | Science and Media Museum & Luminous-lint LL/55928

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I always feel like Dorothy in Return to Oz on St Paddy's Day. Always trying to spot anything green. 🍀💚

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Altars of St. Dorothy’s church in Wroclaw, Poland.

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Saint Dorothy Died 311 Feast Day: February 6 Patronage: horticulture; brewers; brides; florists; gardeners; midwives; newlyweds; love

Saint Dorothy lived in Caesarea (Turkey) during the Diocletian persecution of Christians. Legend has it, that she was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan gods and refused. On the way to her execution, a young lawyer, Theophilus, mockingly asked her for “fruits and flowers from the garden” in which she proclaimed was in heaven. A basket of fruit and flowers was delivered to her by an angel that she gave to young Theophilus, who then converted and was also martyred. That’s why she’s the patron saint of florists. {website}

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I had to watch the episode in short bursts, because people kept needing me for things.

I’m gonna ramble about everything that happened for each character but first I just want to say that I loved hearing more of Tricia’s singing voice this episode, she has been underutilized so far.

-Susan

At the beginning of the show, Susan was very quickly cast as the pretty but mean popular girl jealous that her ex-boyfriend moved on. Then slowly, they did this thing that I REALLY love, where they gave her more depth, more complexity, and more dimension. They have shown us perfect Susan who works hard to maintain the status quo and please her mother (who is encouraging unhealthy relationships with food and slutshaming her daughter, seriously Mrs. St Clair can suck a rock). And now they’ve shown us another level to Susan, acknowledging that rich white families will ALWAYS do whatever it takes to protect their reputations. Her mother holds this over her head, but it was clearly a very traumatic, very difficult thing for her to do in secret without the support of anyone. Sure her parents made it so that she could get the abortion, but based on how we’ve seen her mother treat her, we know Susan doesn’t get any real support and it makes her actions that much more heartbreaking. When she tries to stand up to her mother, and Olivia (who is neither right nor wrong in her reactions) doesn’t want to believe she’s changed, you can see that she accepts that. It isn’t until Olivia is a steps a little too over the line that she reveals the truth about what she witnessed. Susan is 16-17 and she’s hurt and she’s scared and she’s sad and I love her.

-Dot

I don’t have much to say on her, except that she really is a sweetheart who deserves better friends. Honestly, sometimes a pity date with the bad boy of the school is way better than sitting there alone while your friends all have dates. She’s so cute. Her poor nose and eye :(

-Hazel & Wally

Doing them together because they were together in all of their scenes. Hazel was giving Cinderella vibes. I appreciate the fact that while Wally doesn’t understand some of her Hazel-ness, he really seems genuinely interested in learning about her interests and getting her to at least attempt to enjoy his too. I loved their duet. I love that during the utter chaos that was the rest of the episode, they got to be in their little bubble where everyone pointed out that they are seemingly perfect for one another. I don’t normally trust media when it says stuff like that, but I actually really like them together.

-Nancy

I love her so so so much. It’s entirely relatable the way a crush can feel all consuming and irritating all at once. Her (and Cynthia’s) song was very much a highlight of the episode. I love that Nancy is just an all in type of person and she doesn’t really stop to hear a no for the answer. I do wish they would give her a little more depth. They’ve done a good job with Susan and Jane and Olivia and Richie and Buddy. All we really know about Nancy is that she is incredibly headstrong, a very talented seamstress/ designer, the daughter of the owners of the frosty palace who may or may not be an only child, a Buddhist who’s not a fan of reading, “scary” and although she hasn’t had much of a romantic life in the past, she has a big crush on Potato. Which is valid, because he‘s great. But still, I want to see a new dimension of Nancy with this new conflict within the Pink Ladies.

-Cynthia

She is in the “shit I am gay but no one can know, especially not the person who made me realize it’s true” phase where she fights it HARD. Compulsive heterosexuality hurts. She needs someone to talk to, before she implodes further. That moment with Lydia made me so so sad, but that’s just a real part of quiet culture for someone. Cynthia is hurting, and that doesn’t give her a free pass to hurt Shy Guy like she did, but I understand it. She’s gonna have to apologize bug time, when she comes around. Also, as always, I loved Ari’s part in the duet.

-Olivia

I’ve decided that if her and Richie are twins, she’s the older one for sure. The ages are so hazy, or at least their grade levels, and I’m kinda confused. So my head cannon is that she’s the older twin. Which would explain her protectiveness over the Pink Ladies, without factoring in the slightly homosexual overtures to hers and Jane’s friendship that is not present with the other PLs. Olivia hates Susan, and she does have reason for it. But that really doesn’t explain why she wouldn’t let Jane explain. Because people can change, and they can learn. But Olivia does NOT have forgive Susan, but she should’ve given her so-called best friend a chance to explain. No matter what Susan said, Olivia had NO right to do what she did. She knows what the school is like once they realize you are a “slut” and she knew that the consequences always land on the girl (does she not remember the extent of the conversation at Dot’s party??). Sorry that just made me so mad. And then to tell Richie what happened between Buddy and Jane :/Her moments with Gil were really sweet. But her going back to her abuser does not send a good message at all and I hope this is addressed before the season is over.

-Jane

She did the right thing not going with either guy to the dance. She was unsure of her feelings for either and did not want to lead them on or hurt them by choosing too soon, and that was a mature decision. Her budding friendship with Susan is interesting and kind of ironic. Her accidentally confirming Olivia and Mr. Daniels is unfortunate, but also something that would reasonably happen to me because I am bad at de-escalation techniques. Jane is very much people pleaser, even after everything, so it makes sense that she would sort of defend Susan. Her coming home to Olivia’s jacket already on her porch (which like, hello Flash because how did she get there before Jane) was almost the opposite of the scene where Olivia brings Jane’s jacket to her house. She did not even really register what Richie told her about Buddy and the election results (which like, how did he find out?)

-Richie

He is a good guy. He respects Jane’s space; he saw that Dot was devastated about her going dateless to the dance (which also sorta implies she’s never been if they previously had to have a date to register a ticket and she said her friends always had dates but not her). He was very kind to go with her, and go along with her quirks. Teenage jealously makes a person unsteady, and I am just glad someone told Jane the truth about Dick Aldridge.

-Buddy

I am still not his biggest fan, but man was he sad this episode. It seems like everyone is moving forward except him, which is expected when you realize most of your life is a lie. He needs a slap in the face and a hug.

-The others (Shy Guy, Potato, Mr. Daniels)

As for the rest: Potato remains one of my top guys; Shy Guy and Cynthia in the kitchen actually made me cringe because I know she feels nothing what he feels for her; and the predator needs to be imprisoned. I can’t believe he is trying to suck her back in :(

I need my girls back together. I need some proper communication to happen between Lydia and Cynthia.

Also episode 8 comes out the day before my birthday so I hope it’s a good one (they have not let me down so far).