The blessing was the very thing that I found attractive at
   first. I called up an orthodox church while on break at my data
   entry job at the catholic university; I was close to going
   catholic - and: a) priest's wife answered. Never heard of such a
   possibility. b) "Father is out blessing houses" I was instantly
   impressed. The only people I knew that blessed everything were
   friends of mine that were Wiccan, and I could never take Wicca
   seriously as I knew its history, yet I loved the notion of
   blessing matter to transform it or embue it or at least just
   "set it aside as special" somehow.