Father Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast
Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
But first: Next Tuesday is August 15, the great feast of the Dormition / Falling Sleep / Kimisis (κοίμησις) of our Lady the Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary, when we celebrate her Entrance into Heaven. Let me refer you back to two Posts I wrote in 2019 titled “Why do we honor the Mother of God? […]
Read More »This week I took three days away. Then we’ve had family in town. Therefore this is a reprint, word for word (except to correct a few misspellings and impenetrable phrasings), of a Post from a few years ago. 412. The Transfiguration – The Other Great Forgotten Feast The Holy Transfiguration, August 6, is one of […]
Read More »Forgive me again. This week I’m a day late. * Personal note: I’m ok, Carlos. As I said last week, I’m writing here about something I don’t know much about. A man pretending to understand women? Nonsense. (I hope that wasn’t a sexist comment…) Therefore in these two Posts we’re trying to learn directly from […]
Read More »You know I’m compulsive about getting these Posts out every Friday, but I’m two days late this time. I hope this doesn’t disturb the cosmic clock. If the Second Coming is now two days late, you’ll know who to blame. Introduction I was originally about to do something foolish here. I’ve done it before. I […]
Read More »All this past week I was trying to write a Post which would profoundly point out, among other things, that: 1 In terms of contemporary politics, Orthodoxy is neither liberal nor conservative (*1) nor right wing nor left wing nor “middle of the bird” (*2 ). Orthodoxy is Traditional. We come from somewhere else entirely. […]
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