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
courtesy of Pravmir Some advice: For the remaining three days of this Holy Week, do not read this Blog. Or rather: Do not read this Blog in place of going to church. Go to church. If you can’t get to church, worship Live-stream either live or by video. This Blog may help you (and me) […]
Read More »We all know that in the Orthodox Church the Divine Liturgy is always a celebration, not allowed during the penitential weekdays of the Great Lenten Fast. We also know that Holy Week is our most penitential period. Furthermore, running with our peculiar Holy Week schedule (which I’ll not go into again here), this actually turns […]
Read More »Note that we’re still on our Holy Week “topsy-turvy” schedule, always “anticipating” the next appointed service. As I said, despite my not understanding this, somehow it feels just right for this Week when the whole world gets turned upside down. Introduction For most of our Orthodox history the Holy Wednesday night service was Matins/Orthros, which […]
Read More »In case you’ve tuned in late to this series: These posts are “repeats” (with a little reworking each year) of my Holy Week posts of the past five years – which are based on talks I’ve given (off and on) for about 25 years at Holy Week services at Saint Nicholas Church, Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Why […]
Read More »Before we get into the Gospel story… Tonight at the end of the Aposticha we hear the Hymn of Kassiane, a Ninth Century nun and hymnographer. She was one of several young women interviewed by Emperor Theophilos as a prospective bride. The story says he was so flummoxed by Kassiane’s beauty that he said something […]
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