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
I’m sorry this Post is two days late. A nasty Virus laid me low, and I missed all the beautiful Christmas services. Bah! Humbug! Nevertheless: Christ is born. Glorify Him. I don’t like to begin with this, but it’s important: January 7 is Christmas (old Julian calendar) in Russia. The great majority of Orthodox jurisdictions […]
Read More »Here are some shorter items I’ve been saving up. 1. Orthodox “Advent” I put “Advent” in quotes, because it is nowhere found in Orthodox texts, though it is sometimes used as a popular nickname. I loved Anglican Advent. It begins with a flourish on the fourth Sunday before Christmas: the vestments go violet or blue, […]
Read More »Please pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and the Palestinian people of Gaza and the West Bank. Pray for an end to these wars. + + + That title above is an embarrassing paraphrase of the old spiritual “I’ve got shoes”. “What do you mean: I’ve got demons?” “Of course you do. I trust […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! …..4) Science slashers: Do they not believe in the Creator? 5) The Pope and the Patriarch. 6) Atheist discovers Theosis. 7) Statistics on Religion in Ukraine and Russia, Pentagon Inefficiency: a moral issue? and Gaza Prisoner Exchange These are assorted items I’ve come across, each […]
Read More »I am to present the Homily at Saint Nicholas Church, Cedarburg, this Sunday. I can only keep so many ideas in my mind at one time, so you all are about to read my Sunday “sermon”. (Any members of Saint Nicholas here present have my permission either to stop reading now, or […]
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