Father Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast
A Variety of Topics: Saints, Seasons, Society, the Moral Life, plus Travels mostly to Greece, and more, by Father Bill Olnhausen
Please pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and the Palestinian people of Gaza and the West Bank. Pray for an end to these unjust and immoral wars. + + + The Orthodox Saints of October 24 Martyr Arethas (al-Haarith) and over 4,000 with him, including Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters; Blessed […]
Read More »Please pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and Palestine. Pray for peace in Gaza. This is a subject of some interest to me, now that I’m in my 88th year on earth. Maybe I’m doing it all wrong. We were told by a Methodist professor many years ago that if we go to […]
Read More »Please pray for the suffering people of Ukraine. Pray for the Palestinian people and for peace in Gaza. The first thing I want to say is that Saint Symeon makes me feel embarrassed. First, because of how little I’ve known of this great man. How have I missed him all these years? […]
Read More »Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and the Palestinian people of Gaza and the West Bank. This will not be pleasant reading. If you want sweetness and light, come back next week. However, to your great relief and mine, I’m not going to talk about Charlie Kirk today. I’m just using him as […]
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