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Creatively Daniel 🏳️‍🌈
@miessdaniel.bsky.social
Gay, Anglo-Catholic Episcopalian who enjoys reading the work of Christian mystics. MA in English / MFA in Creative Writing. Trinitarian Pentecostal Pastor's son.
I have been out of the loop for a while because I have a few things going on. However, today is the Feast Day of St. Raphael. St. Raphael is one of three or four archangels depending on the Christian tradition. #Anglican #Catholic #AngloCatholic #SaintRaphael
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
On my list of things that make me judge someone: They have a sign with "Live, Laugh, Love," on it.

#livelaughlove #toxicpositivity #narthex
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today is the Feast Day of St Luke the Evangelist. According to tradition, Saint Luke was a Physician. He wrote both the Gospel of Saint Luke and also, the Acts of the Apostles. According to St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Luke was martyred.
#SaintLuke #Saints #catholic #easternorthodox #anglican
October 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Saint Ignatius of Antioch was both an early Christian writer and was the Patriarch of Antioch. Instead of his execution taking place in Antioch, he was sent to Rome. #SaintIgnatiusofAntioch #Saints #catholic #anglican #orthodox #coptic
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today is also the Feast Day of St. Hedwig of Silesia. She was a member of the Bavarian House of Andechs, she was both Duchess of Silesia and Greater Poland before becoming the High Duchess consort of Poland.
#StHedwig #Silesia #saints #Catholic
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today is the Feast Day of Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer on the Episcopal Church Calendar. As a side note, the Church of England only has a Feast Day for Thomas Cranmer on March 21.

#saints #martyrs #thomascranmer #hughlatimer #NicholasRidley
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today is the Feast Day of St. Theresa of Avila. St. Teresa of Avila was descended from conversos (Jews that were had comverted to Catholicism. Initially, she resisted becoming a nun.

#SaintTeresaofAvila #carmelitesaint #carmeliteorder #Catholic #Anglican #Saint
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Joseph Schereschewsky was born to Jewish parents in the Lithuanian town of Tauroggen. He started off Presbyterian, and then, he joined the Episcopal Church. He was elected Bishop of Shanghai in 1877, when he began translating the Bible into Classical Chinese.
#Anglican #Saints #Schereschewsky
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Before Saint Callistus was made Pope, he was an enslaved person. St. Hippolytus disagreed with Callistus's more gracious approach to murderers, adulterers, and people guilty of sexual sin. He also believed that Free Women could legally marry slaves.

#Catholic #Saints #Callistus #popes
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
St Edward the Confessor is the only English King that was made a Saint. He was known especially for his piety. He died in 1066.

#Anglican #Catholic #Saints #churchofengland
October 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Edith Cavell was a nurse serving for the Red Cross during WWI in Belgium. Following the German occupation of Belgium & motivated by her Christian faith, she smuggled French and British soldiers and civilians to neutral countries. She was executed October 12, 1915.
#Anglican #saints #churchofengland
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
St Wilfrid of Ripon was first an abbot and then, Bishop of York. He is known for introducing the Benedictine Rule to monasteries in England.

#saints #monasteries #anglican #catholic #easternorthodox
October 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today is the Feast Day of St. Philip the Evangelist. He is one of the Seven Deacons -- seven honest men who distributed alms and bread to the poor -- who were ordained by the #stphiliptheevangelist #anglican #easternorthodox #catholic #Saints
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
St. Paulinus of York was made a Bishop in AD 625 and was sent to the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. He accompanied Princess Ethelburga in AD 625 to marry a pagan king.
#saintpaulinusofyork #anglican #catholic #easternorthodox #Saints
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dear audience, I have had friends -- both Roman Catholic and Anglican-- say that they would like me to start making prayer cards. Obviously, there is a cost to make them. However, if I should begin this endeavor, is this something you would be interested in?
#prayercards #saints #feastdays #anglican
October 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I hope that everyone doesn't mind that I decided to riff off of the macabre imagery and decided to add some Halloweenish elements into the Saint Meme I made for Saint Denis of Paris.

#StDenis #Catholic #EasternOrthodox #Anglican
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
At some point this evening, I may create an icon for St. Denis of Paris, but my health has been more important, so I am still letting myself relax.

#anglican #Saints #copticsaints #armenianapostolicchurch #Tewahedo #catholic #easternorthodox
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I spliced this image of a crucifix at the Brooklyn Museum and placed it on the Hudson shoreline at Holy Cross Monastery. #wat #anglican #sacredart
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I've been 🤢 so I haven't had an opportunity to make my memes but I needed to make one of the Patron Saints of the LGBTQ community, Sts Sergius and Bacchus. In traditional stories, the closeness of Sts Sergius and Bacchus
#saintssergiusandbacchus #lgbtqsaints #catholic #orthodoxchurch #anglican
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I've been sick, so I have been in my meme mood. However, today is the Feast Day of St. Birgitta of Sweden. While she wanted to take religious life, her parents forced her into
#mysticism #stbirgitta #Saints #romancatholic #churchofsweden #svenskakyrkan #episcopalchurch
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thursday, I spent a couple of hours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here is one of my favorites in the Collection.

#JoachimPatnir #SaintJerome #StJohntheBaptist #SaintAnthonytheHermit #Anglican #wat
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Today is the Feast Day of St. Francis. I know that he is usually portrayed as being shown among animals, in part...

#saintfrancisofassisi #Franciscans #franciscanspirituality #Saints #catholic #anglican #tec
October 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
One of my few political memes. I feel as if they should count. #Hegseth #facialhair #anglican #wat #jesuschrist #beard
October 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
They should have turned the race for Archbishop of Canterbury into a Reality Show. Granted, there would be less drama than most reality shows, but I guarantee there would be wine, sherry and gin! #anglican #archbishopofcanterbury #tec #churchofengland
October 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches, they celebrate a Feast Day referred to as the Intercession of the Theotokos or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokis and Ever-Virgin Mary.
#ukraine #theotokis #intercessionofthetheotokos #easternorthodox
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM