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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Do we want to keep a good, holy Lent? No problem. In this Sunday’s Scripture readings, the Church tells us exactly how to do it. If you find this Post suspiciously familiar, that means you read my Forgiveness Sunday Post two years ago and have a good memory. I’m proud of you. This is a […]
Read More »The preceding is an editorial comment. + + + Now, on to today’s topic: Making Lent Great for your Family This article was written in 2003 by Philip Mamalakis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. It is reprinted here with his permission. Our […]
Read More »… at least not today in the Orthodox Church, when we commemorate Saints Auxentios, Maron and the martyrs Nicholas and Damian. No hearts and flowers there. We Orthodox do commemorate two Saint Valentines – one on July 6, the other on July 30 A Confusing Introduction I thought this was going to be a simple […]
Read More »Or, to take a another angle on the subject, this might be titled “The Sin of Fake Fasting”. Publicans and Pharisees In next Sunday’s Gospel reading (Luke 18:10-14), which I suspect you could almost recite by heart, we hear about a man who fasted diligently but was condemned by the Lord, and another man who […]
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