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
I’d like to point out again that those of us who have apparent strange experiences with saints or directly from God should not go around bragging about it. No, quite the opposite. God sends us these things because He wants something from us, and we’re not bright enough or spiritually advanced enough to figure it […]
Read More »Before we get started: Our war against Iran has taken attention off wars in the rest of the world. Here are two sources of up to date information from other war zones, some of which is rarely found in American sources at the moment. THE KYIV POST: kyivpost.com Please don’t lose sight of Orthodox Russia’s aggression […]
Read More »Please pray for the innocent suffering people of Ukraine, the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank, and of Iran and Sudan. Holy Pentecost The Descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s Apostles On Penteost, the Holy Spirit came with power, sending the Apostles out to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! The Church commemorates the First Ecumenical Council each year on the Sunday after the Ascension. Had I ever written about the First Council? I searched back, and so I had – nine years ago. It was like reading somebody else’s writing! I’m sure that very few of […]
Read More »Please pray for the innocent suffering people of Ukraine, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank, and Iran. Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! __________________ I had arrived on Crete and was staying in Heraklion overnight. I got up early and went around the corner to the Church of Saint Titus to say my prayers. […]
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