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
Please pray for the needlessly suffering people of Ukraine and the needlessly starving people of Gaza. 1) Why the Surge of Young People into the Orthodox Church? Last week I asked any here present to share your opinions about why this is happening – especially why so many young men are being drawn to […]
Read More »Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine, Gaza and the West Bank. ______________ I know, you long-time readers have heard this story before. So have I! I’m telling it again 1 So you newer readers will hear it. 2 Because all good stories deserve re-telling. Why do you suppose the Church year repeats itself over and […]
Read More »Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine, Gaza and the West Bank. Before we begin: Two other notable saints come up next week. July 20: The Holy Prophet Elijah (Elias) July 22: Saint Mary Magdalene At the bottom of this Post, if you’d like, you can access the articles I wrote […]
Read More »Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and Gaza. Saint Sisoes: Why? We don’t know Sisoes’ * birthdate. We know he died in the year 429, and once confessed to having lived in the desert for 72 years – so you can count back. pronounced “SiSO-es” When he was a youth he went […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Saint Augustine of Hippo commemorated on June 15 But…but… you say, today isn’t June 15. It’s May 15. You are correct. Explanation: senility? Over the years I’ve made a long list of saints who I think would make interesting reading. Somehow I got Saint Augustine […]
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