December 2025 – Father Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast

566. Antiochian Metropolitan Saba: “Male and Female He Created Them, in Complementarity”

Posted on December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 by Fr. Bill

His Eminence Metropolitan Saba is Archbishop of the Antiochian Christian Archdiocese of North America What follows here is one of Saedna * Saba’s consistently wise and pertinent weekly teachings. This one, published on December 5, 2025, speaks well to one of today’s issues in the Orthodox Church, which also was one of our topics in […]

565. Many things: 1. Orthodox “Advent”, 2. Santa Claus, 3. Once Upon a Time, 4. Pope Leo, 6. Let’s feast! Let’s fast? 5. Ortho-bros and on-line sectarian “Orthodoxy”, 7. A Peoples’ Church

Posted on December 12, 2025December 21, 2025 by Fr. Bill

Here are some shorter items I’ve been saving up. 1. Orthodox “Advent” I put “Advent” in quotes, because it is nowhere found in Orthodox texts, though it is sometimes used as a popular nickname. I loved Anglican Advent. It begins with a flourish on the fourth Sunday before Christmas: the vestments go violet or blue, […]

564. My Adventures with Saint Nicholas

Posted on December 6, 2025December 7, 2025 by Fr. Bill

Please pray for the people of Ukraine, under continual attack by the Orthodox Russian aggressors. May God have mercy on us all. Today, December 6, is the feast of : Saint Nicholas of Myra, the Wonderworker Did you know that after Saint Nicholas Day, we slowly begin to gain light in the evening. After about […]