August 2021 – Fr. Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast

276. “Thinking Orthodox” – Part Two: the Phronema of Jesus

Posted on August 27, 2021August 28, 2021 by Fr. Bill

What follows below is the most remarkable summary, analysis and overview of the life of Jesus Christ that I have ever read – written by a woman who clearly knows the Gospels inside and out, and loves the Lord. Icon by Coptic Monk Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib in 1684, copied from a more ancient […]

275. “Thinking Orthodox” – a book you MUST read – Part One

Posted on August 20, 2021August 30, 2021 by Fr. Bill

Somewhere not long ago I read a review which said that all Orthodox Bloggers should be required to read the book THINKING ORTHODOX: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind, by Dr. Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou. So I decided to do just that, and I am very glad I did. This excellent book precisely describes the Orthodox mindset (what […]

274. For the Dormition of the Theotokos

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Fr. Bill

I wonder if any of you read the old book The Quantity of a Hazelnut by Fae Malania. It was published in 1968, surely before many of you were born. A very small volume, it consisted of short meditations written by an “Anglo-Catholic” Episcopalian woman, wife of an Episcopalian priest. I bought and read it when it […]

273. MANY THINGS: The Transfiguration, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Father Thomas Hopko, True Spirituality, How being Orthodox changed me, “Living in Sin”

Posted on August 5, 2021August 6, 2021 by Fr. Bill

Here are many short articles, all of which together make a respectable Post. I’m sending this Post out half a day early – I hope it doesn’t throw off your whole weekly schedule! – to remind you of this great Feast. Perhaps you’ll be able to get to Divine Liturgy tomorrow morning. 1. The Feast […]