{"id":84852,"date":"2015-03-23T08:54:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=84852"},"modified":"2015-03-23T08:58:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:58:44","slug":"coffee-with-sister-vassa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/coffee-with-sister-vassa\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee with Sister Vassa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RHLrz2csQ2Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"drop\">If you haven&#8217;t yet discovered Sister Vassa&#8217;s videos, you owe it to yourself to take a look. She&#8217;s an Orthodox nun and teaches Liturgical Studies at the University of Vienna.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>nd she&#8217;s fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCH-FBwgf93rU-g8BH3xiuUQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeewithsistervassa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet discovered Sister Vassa&#8217;s videos, you owe it to yourself to take a look. She&#8217;s an Orthodox nun and teaches Liturgical Studies at the University of Vienna. And she&#8217;s fantastic. Her YouTube channel. 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