Fr. Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast
Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
On June 29 we celebrate the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. The usual icon for the feast shows them united, embracing in a kiss of peace. But they were not always at peace. In fact, in this icon I think they look as if they could be a bit happier with each other! Peter I’m […]
Read More »This has been a long vacation, folks. I see from the Blog stats that some have headed home already. Understandable. However, I think you who are still hanging in here will enjoy our last week in Greece. Today it’s… Back to the Mainland and Saint Nektarios We wanted to visit Saint Nektarios again, so on Wednesday […]
Read More »As you know from last week’s Post, we’ve left the problems of the world behind, and now we’re seeing the world. Which raises another problem: Why is it so hard to get to church while we’re on vacation? It’s because we’re out of our routine which, as I said last week, is good for us […]
Read More »It’s summer. Enough talk about troublesome issues. Time to put all that behind us and go traveling again. Get out of Town! Brothers and sisters, taking a break from regular life is important. We need to get out of the house, away from the job, and do something different – even if we only go […]
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