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My name is Jean-Michel Dossogne. As you won't guess from my name, good Belgian mixture, I come from Flanders, but lives live in Wallonia. I speak frenchFrench, flemish Flemish and englishEnglish, a little germanGerman, and college souvenirs from greek Greek & latin Latin are sometimes possible. Sometimes.

I have been 12 16 years in the Belgian Navy (first class petty officer, electronic warfare & telecom), am decorated of Military Merit, Gulf War 1988, Kuweit Liberation Medal (Gulf War 1991) and an ancienity a "long term" service medal.Our beloved Lord placed lots of lifebuoys , and lifelines in my life. The a commemorative one and only I didn't ignore was Nathalie, who became my wife. The Lord has given us the grace of 3 pious princesses.I left the Navy for the Police when Balkan war naval blockade (not my wife was pregnant of our first daughter. After some years of duty as intervention patrolpride, I started my conversion for we were at the K9 patrol with Sultan, our young german shepperd. One year later, I had a "little problem" on service, during a violent football match we had to control, hospital couldn't helpwrong side. Administration placed me on forced premature retirement for handicap, low income thus. To touch Jacob, our Lord had to send an Angel to fight with him, ) and only then he understoodseveral others (yearly military fieldmarchings).. That's my first real conscious contact with GodAlso 5 years in Police as intervention brigade (K9).

My first steps with Orthodoxy where with the Eastern part, at the Greek parish of Charleroi, in january 2000. It took 2 more years for the conviction, and on wednesday 4 june 2003, I was received in the Communion of the "Unam, Sanctam, Catholicam et Apostolicam Ecclesiam", via h.g abp Simon, Moscow Patriarcate, in Bruxelles. Deo gratias. We are not I have never been willing to be forced to attach submit culturally to any particular "ethnic" parish : "nor Jew, nor Greeks" is important for ustoday also. If I entered via the "MP", it was because my work of the time brought me several times a week in the surroundings of the Russian cathedral. For week-ends, we were in the Greek-Orthodox parish. Afterwards, we went in family to the French-talking parish Saint Martin de Tours & saint Silouane l'Athonite, in Bruxelles, up to january 2010. From then onwards, due to distance & costs, we joined the parish of the Saint Anargyres in Péronnes-lez-Binche, totally bilingual parish, Greek-French.Sometimes also the Russian parish of Charleroi or Leuven, or whenever possible at my spiritual father's parish, the MP cathedral in Bruxelles.

Since On 12/feb/2006, I am an was ordained in Rocor Western Rite as [[acolyte]] in [[ROCOR]], thus Reader for Eastern Rite, attached to the (now vanished) tiny [http://wwwhome.orthodoxescarlet.be /poscaf/ '''Metochion sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie et saint Feuillen'''] in Philippeville, kingdom of Belgium.I was responsible for its website, under supervision of the father abbot/higoumen, and Reader Services when priest not available. At Pentecost 2007, my 2 eldest children asked to enter the Ark of Salvation. Pure blessing. My youngest was already Orthodox, almost since the begining, received in the Russian parish of Charleroi, about which she often speaks as "my baptismal Church."

I am the responsible for the parish website, under supervision But lots of our father abbot/higoumensevere health problems arose end 2007. And my now ex-wife had led a "double life" (.I am member of the [http://www.solexappeal.be/ Velosolex Club of Belgium] - my old black ) since years, something we discovered too late, so she finally went "mopetteher own way" is as old as I amearly 2009. Very hard years up to 2013, but works much better nowand still problems with her actually..

Happy news, in summer 2008, the belgian Navy took me back in active Reserve (similar to "national guard" in the USA) for promoting the jobs & operations, and my 2 eldest children asked us to join the [http://wielingen1991.userboard.net/cadets-de-marine-marinekadetten-f44/ Sea Cadets], where they were truly active. My middle daughter specialized in navigation, and my oldest daughter was the only female candidate maritime electro-mechanician. My youngest successed to get the basic degree in sailing on an Optimist summer 2009, just aged of 7, in a week with heavy winds & lots of shaggy waters. Early 2010, my 3 children joined the [http://www.24seascouts.be/ Sea Scouts] in the nearby town of [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvin Couvin]. May saint Nicholas of Myra protect my 3 children. Summer hobby, I was years long member of the [http://solex-t3800.blogspot.com/ Velosolex Club of Belgium] - my old black "mopette" is as old as I am, but works much better now. Had to sell it away, cash problems. Pictures show me also with [http://chiens-loups.blogspot.com/ my Czech wolfdog], and at the [http://canoniers.blogspot.com/ sport shooting range], sports I practice in both cases when health allows. With my children we have been regular members of a folk/traditionnal dance group from here (quadrillas, jigs & reels, ...). It's a great blessing to do all this in family! As our Lord said that to have long days on earth, we have to honnour our parents (Exode 20,12) : I am particularly involved in the veneration of all what our Church Fathers and Mothers from the Orthodox West have brought to the hole Church. Liturgically [http://home.scarlet.be/orthodoxia/ And till recently, liturgically too], but now of course it's all over! As Reader, I have the joy & chance to serve at the closest Greek-Orthodox parish, the one thrugh which I was introduced to holy Orthodoxy, when I have not my children. And when the youngest is here, we go to our parish of Agioi Anargyri, where we both sings in the choir. Life is full of blessings, and some crosses sometimes bear beautiful flowers we didn't expected: it required just more time to bloom!

* [http://stmaterne.blogspot.com/ My musing & Orthodox information blog], 3420 articles in 6 years, more than a million of visitors, a collection daily enriched. * [http://chiensloups.blogspot.com/ My wolf & dog website]. * [http://zm-fn.blogspot.com/ My Navy website], great movies & pictures of ships & the sea around the world.

* My personal website [http://wwwcanoniers.amdgblogspot.be www.amdg.becom/ My sportshooter website] - not only orthodox for several good reasons that are mine and known to my 'anamchara'.

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[[Image:belautomne09102005aJm_wolfdog_shooting_church2007-08.jpg|left|frame|our family in autumn 2005, on our way to the Saint-Meen (Mewan) chapelmy favourite activities : wolfdog training, in our beautiful Ardennessport shooter & serving at Church]]