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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! 1 You’re still here! Well, at least you are. Readership was great during Holy Week, but it always falls off sharply after Pascha. * Little wonder: as much as I love Holy Week, afterwards I always feel as if I’ve overdosed on religion. I appreciate your tuning in. […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Four things: 1) The Holy Fire 2022 This is from Jerusalem earlier today. * We talked about the Holy Fire in Post 325. I’m publishing on Saturday the 23rd. The fire arrives at about 2 hours 10 minutes, though you might want to arrive a little earlier […]
Read More »GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA! Christ is risen! Truly he is risen! Father Alexander Schmemann called our Orthodox Paschal celebration “an explosion of joy”. Words are inadequate to describe the services. They speak for themselves. (Every time I preached on Pascha I wished I hadn’t.) Here are a few Paschal videos. There is so much […]
Read More »Brothers and sisters, there is a whole lot going on this morning, so pay attention. This Liturgy begins as a celebration of Christ’s victory over Satan and death “down below”, and by the middle we’re celebrating the Resurrection here on earth, even though it hasn’t happened yet. (Although of course it has, and we all […]
Read More »Please get to church tonight. If you cannot, please find yourself a place to worship live-stream tonight. This is much too beautiful to miss – my favorite service of the year. Is this a funeral service? Is this a resurrection service? The answers are: Yes! We stand before the bier on which Christ is laid […]
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