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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Tomorrow, January 4, is New Year’s Day, too… and so are January 5th and 6th and 7th… and even March 25th, for that matter. In fact, did you know that in America, for over a century, March 25 actually was New Year’s Day. More about that in a minute. Dating of the beginning of […]
Read More »This, as you note, is my 500th Post! I had no idea I’d be blogging this long. I can think of no better way to celebrate than with music. The Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ For any here present who are not Orthodox: Here is a typical Orthodox icon for the […]
Read More »So Jesus’ birth was the result of Mary’s being raped by a Roman soldier?! That is the suggestion of Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion at Princeton, University. * The evidence for this is… You’re right. There isn’t any. As for the Christmas stories? They, she says, are only “metaphors”. Metaphors for what? That’s not clear. […]
Read More »For this Post and the next one, you’ll see a whole bunch of subjects I’ve been saving up, none of which is long enough to require a Post of its own. Some are “editorials” from me. Others are from other sources. 1) Editorial: School Shootings Really, I didn’t intend to put this first. I […]
Read More »I’ve found so much information on this topic… I’ll try to hold this down to these two Posts. If I’m in error anywhere, please let me know. Why does Christian Nationalism exist? Some say Christian Nationalism is just racism. Sometimes it is, as in the Charlottesville Riot in 2018. It definitely is anti-immigrant and contains […]
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