Fr. 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
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. […]
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 »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 […]
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