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
Last Wednesday, September 1, began our Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year. Happy * New Year! In NT Greek, the word “happy” (makarios / μακάριος) also means “blessed”. icon from Orthodox Church of America September 1 is also the feast of many saints. Among them is Saint Simeon Stylites – first row, first right from the Lord – whose lifestyle, […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
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