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
Please get to church tonight. If you cannot, please find yourself a place to worship live-stream tonight. This is much too beautiful to miss – my favorite service of the year. Is this a funeral service? Is this a resurrection service? The answers are: Yes! We stand before the bier on which Christ is laid […]
Read More »Ukraine I’m writing this article on Holy Monday morning, in sorrow. Have Ukraine’s Orthodox brothers and sisters in Russia given them a break for Holy Week? No, they have not. Their missile strikes and and shelling have in fact increased. Have they allowed time this Week for innocent Ukrainian civilians to escape the horrors of war? No, […]
Read More »And we do mean newly-revealed. At least by my (old man’s) standards. from Greek City Times It began in the year 1959, on the Greek island of Lesvos (also known as Mytilene). The Martyr Raphael appeared in a dream to the priest of the village of Thermi, identified himself, then began to tell him his story […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly he is risen! Here are some powerful, mysterious Resurrection stories, most of which are not heard by Orthodox people in church. (See Part 1.) Since they are rarely preached on, I’ll add a bit of commentary. Pascha Night Here is Luke’s account: That evening two disciples, Cleopas (husband of Joanna, one of the Myrrhbearers) […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly he is risen! The Resurrection Accounts Which Most Orthodox Never Hear I hate to tell you this, but most Orthodox don’t know much about Jesus’ Resurrection. Well, “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death”, of course. But for years I had the nagging feeling that something was […]
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