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
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 […]
Read More »In case some of you long-time readers feel a sense of deja vu as you read this Post, you are to be congratulated for having a good memory. I promised to write on the Transfiguration, but this was one of the rare weeks when I just couldn’t come up with anything. So I searched back […]
Read More »The doctrine to which I refer is: The Holy Trinity We whip it off so easily that we can forget how extremely peculiar this seems: Christian: “Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit…” Muslim (for example): “So you worship three gods?” Christian: “No! We worship one God.” Muslim: “But, […]
Read More »Jesus: “I go to prepare a place for you, so that where I am, you may be also.” Thomas: “But, Lord, we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?” He wanted a geographical answer. (“Go to Jericho, then turn right”, or something.) Jesus: “I am the Way, the Truth and the […]
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