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Many Years to Nicholas, our Moderator anda great friend!
May God grant him many years as the moderatoe of the best Orthodox forum on the internet as well as in any other endeavour that he may undertake in this year.
God grant him strength and perserverance throughout the year!
Thank you my friends. While I did have to work today afterwards I was invited to a meal at Father Dionysi's house with Metropolitan Valentine and Father Andrei and 2 Russian-born guests, Svetlana and Sergei. It was wonderful Russian food, great conversation and concluded with the Metropolitan leading everyone in singing God Grant you many Years. Before I left Fathers Andrei and Dionysi and I had a wonderful discussion on a plethora of topics, making it a very enjoyable birthday. To come home to well wishes from my friends at the Café was an added bonus.
I hope that I have not spent my 30th year on this planet too frivolously and ask forgiveness of any I may have offended and ask for prayers that my 31st years shall be even more spiritually prosperous for me.