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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Independence Day Today Independence Day is just a time for picnics and fireworks. We seem to give little attention to our actual Independence, its principles and its repercussions. The United States and Great Britain have long been best of allies. And there are those of us who think Britain’s parliamentary form of government is slightly […]
Read More »Here comes another reprint from five years ago, June 15, 2018 to be exact. My excuses: 1 As most of you know, since February I have been serving as interim pastor in my home parish. Please pray for me. Our new Pastor arrives on August 1, when I can “re-retire”. Till then, some weeks I am […]
Read More »Since I’ve been traveling all week, this is a re-run of Post 69 from June 8, 2018, unchanged except for the introduction, and to update some information. All Saints’ Day Why do we Orthodox have a day to celebrate all the Saints? Because there are far too many to be commemorated individually. Orthodox Wiki lists […]
Read More »Holy Pentecost For my ancient commentary about Pentecost, you might want to go back to Posts 66, 67 and 68. Just scroll down on the far right to May, 2018. The Kneeling Prayers I do not understand. Pentecost is one of the Great Feasts, a beautiful day in and of itself. We celebrate Pentecost Week […]
Read More »I know… Some of you have heard these stories before. But some of you haven’t, and you really need to hear them. Besides, the good old stories always deserve re-telling. That’s why the Church year repeats itself, year after year after year. We’re doing two weeks on Saint Nicholas. Last week we covered the life […]
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