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
Busy last week. Busy last weekend. Late Blog Post. Short Blog Post. Sorry. God at work in history Some Christians are forever trying to figure out what the future holds: When will the Second Coming be? When will the Lord return in Glory? Even we Orthodox often wonder – or at least I do, who […]
Read More »Tomorrow, January 4, is New Year’s Day, too… and so are January 5th and 6th and 7th… and even March 25th, for that matter. In fact, did you know that in America, for over a century, March 25 actually was New Year’s Day. More about that in a minute. Dating of the beginning of […]
Read More »This, as you note, is my 500th Post! I had no idea I’d be blogging this long. I can think of no better way to celebrate than with music. The Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ For any here present who are not Orthodox: Here is a typical Orthodox icon for the […]
Read More »Dear ones: This a re-run, greatly revised, of Post 95 from December 7, 2018. I figure most of you haven’t read the first version. In fact, when I re-read it, much of it was news to me, and I said to myself, ”Well, he certainly could have said that a whole lot better.” Thus the […]
Read More »Alright, class, please hold up your hands: Who among you will be keeping the full Advent (Nativity) Fast, which begins today, November 15 and lasts till Christmas? As set forth by my Antiochian Archdiocese, the rule is as follows: Throughout this period, we abstain from meat, poultry, eggs and dairy. According to the Patriarchate of […]
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