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The Feast Day of St. Andrew, the Apostle

(includes also a clootie dumpling recipe and a long Scottish history lesson)

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The Feast Day of St. Clement of Alexandria (4 December) and 2nd and 3rd century saint who has been called “the first Christian scholar.”

Includes a recipe for Kebda Eskandarani (Alexandrian Beef Liver)

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The Feast Day of St. Clement of Rome

+ One of the earliest Church Fathers, ordained by St. Peter and believed by tradition to have been a co-laborer with St. Paul. Clement of Rome is an important source for Church teaching on Apostolic Succession, the Trinity, and the Resurrection.

+ includes a recipe for Çiberek, also called chiburekki (a Crimean Tartar fried turnover with a filling of ground or minced meat and onions)

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The Feast Day of St. Gertrude the Great (16 November)

+ The late 13th and early 14th century Benedictine nun was a prolific writer and an influential mystic who experienced supernatural visions from her mid 20s until the end of her life.

+ includes a feast day recipe for Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican Rice with Pigeon Peas

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The Feast Day of St. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria

+ Also known as St. Leopold the Good, this Austrian Ruler is remembered for the widespread construction he oversaw in his country (particularly of monasteries) and also for his very large family.

+ includes a recipe for Sacher Torte, a delicious and traditional Austrian cake.

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The Feast Day of St. Oda (23 October), a 7th and 8th century Scottish woman who sought a life as a holy recluse after being healed of blindness

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The Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Antioch, a 1st and 2nd century Christian writer, patriarch, a direct disciple of John the Apostle, and widely considered among the most important early Church Fathers

+ includes a feast day recipe for Wheat berries

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The Feast of St. Longinus (16 October), a 1st century Roman soldier who tradition says pierced the side of Christ with a lance during the crucifixion and subsequently converted to Christianity.

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The Feast Day of St. John Henry Newman, a 19th century Anglican to Catholic convert, famous in his own time for his work as a theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He is venerated both by both the Anglican and the Catholic Church

+ Post includes a feast day recipe for ‘A Full English Breakfast’

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The Feast Day of St. Hewald the Dark and St. Hewald the Fair (3 October), English Saxon missionaries and priests who were martyred in an attempt to evangelize their Saxon cousins in Westphalia (Germany)

+ Includes a feast day recipe for Kartoffelpuffer (Potato Pancakes)