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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Here are two saints commemorated together on May 16. However, other than that they could not be more different. One a little girl called Home early. The other a builder and adventurer, forever on the move. Blessed Musa of Rome This is a story both very sad and very beautiful. Musa lived in Rome in […]
Read More »I hope that’s not an irreverent way to introduce a saint – but every year when we come to Saint Joseph, that’s the saying that springs automatically into my mind. This man’s life was almost entirely “lemons” – it sounds like it’s out of a soap opera – and yet he “squeezed” great good out […]
Read More »I can think of three possible ways this article might go: 1 I knew a young Protestant couple who were interested in Orthodoxy. They saw that a local Orthodox church was having services on the Friday evenings of Lent, so they went to check it out. The priest met them at the door and welcomed […]
Read More »How would you like to go swimming in a lake in Sivas, Turkey * on March 9, when the average high temperature is 46°F (8°C) and the average low temperature is 36°F (2°C)? No? Trip Advisor gives a nearby lake (Godpinar Golu) a five star rating. You still say that on the whole you’d rather […]
Read More »Before we get started on Saint Meletios: Does the Orthodox Church celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day? Yes, three times for three Saint Valentines, commemorated on October 24, April 24 and July 6. Hooray for love! but (Saint) Valentine’s Day on February 14 seems to derive from a Roman pagan holiday of love, originally celebrated on February […]
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