OrthoCuban

The blog of a Cuban who became an Eastern Orthodox priest.

  • Home
    • About me
    • Privacy Policy
Home > 2013 > August > 26th

Archives for 26 August 2013

First sleep, second sleep, monastic hours

26 August 2013 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

From an NPR program: One particularly fascinating sleep fact that Randall reports is that the sleep rhythms of the human brain have fundamentally changed over the centuries. Medieval literary texts, medical manuscripts and tales make reference to a mysterious "first sleep" and "second sleep." The "first sleep" began shortly after sundown and lasted until after […]

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn

Filed Under: uncategorized

Get in Touch

* * * *

Write to Fr. Ernesto

Looking for Something?

Archives

Fr. Orthoduck & Kitsuné

Calendar

August 2013
S M T W T F S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jun   Sep »

Translate


Website Builder

Let’s Socialize

Recent Posts

  • When partisanship is more important than unity
  • A frustrating four days
  • We are our own worst enemy
  • Musings on our divisions and failing unity as a country
  • El Salvador and freedom from murder

Site Credits

  • Background images: Evan Eckard
  • Site design: P12 Media

↑ Return to top of page

Copyright © 2025 · OrthoCuban · Log in