[Magdalen] An Epiphany tradition?

[Joseph Cirou]

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>From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] An Epiphany tradition?
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>In a message dated 1/8/2017 6:01:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>sally.davies at gmail.com writes:
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>What I  wanted to ask - has anyone in the Pub come across the tradition  of
>"Chalking the Door"? The pew leaflet/newsletter we picked up  encourages
>people to bless some chalk and then write 20 + C + M + B+17 on  the lintel
>above the front door with the following  prayer:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>Yes; that is Chalking the Door is also a Lutheran tradition especially among the Slovak Lutherans and possibly the Moravians. The Slovak Lutherans also have the oplatki.

Some years ago I spent Christmas Eve with slovak Lutherans in between services at our ELCA church. Very similar to Poles and Lithuanians. There was even a Slovak Lutheran outlet for such things. They didn't have to order from Roman Catholic sources.

Joe


 common here in heavily Roman Catholic Luzerne
>County, Pennsylvania.
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>This county has the distinction of being the only USA county with
>predominantly Polish ancestry.  The county also has a very  lengthy
>history of voting solidly for the Democratic ticket, but went for
>Trump in this past election.  This is such a change that it  attracted
>the interest of a CBC (Canadian) documentary crew, and they are
>interviewing widely in Luzerne (Wilkes-Barre) and Lackawanna (Scranton) 
>Counties to figure out what happened.
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>David S.
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