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
Saint Theodora of Thessaloniki I’ll try to explain this Post’s title later. My Unplanned Visit to Saint Theodora It was during my 2002 trip to Mount Athos. I had an afternoon free in Thessaloniki * , before catching the boat to the Holy Mountain the next morning. I wandered around amazed: an Orthodox […]
Read More »Worldly Introduction which has nothing to do with Gabriel I do not intend this Blog to be chiefly religious/political commentary but, on the other hand, I do not want it to be irrelevant to the world we’re living in at this moment. Therefore, before we speak of Heavenly things, I want to mention three earthly […]
Read More »Before we begin, three things: 1 You can find my old Post on Saint Patrick at the bottom of this Post. 2 I should have mentioned this earlier: If during Lent you would like to pray some of the daily Offices of the Church – Matins, the day Hours, Vespers, Compline – here is a […]
Read More »Not that the saints themselves get lost. They are always on course, and sometimes they travel so far into the Presence of God that we lose track of them. However, these next few Posts will be about the saints we lose because their commemorations fall during Lent, when so much else is […]
Read More »Do we want to keep a good, holy Lent? No problem. In this Sunday’s Scripture readings, the Church tells us exactly how to do it. If you find this Post suspiciously familiar, that means you read my Forgiveness Sunday Post two years ago and have a good memory. I’m proud of you. This is a […]
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