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
Now we begin our twice-daily commentaries on the services and themes of Holy Week and Pascha – based on talks I gave at these services during the twenty-five years when I was Pastor of Saint Nicholas Church, Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Each year I’ve altered them just a bit as I’ve come across new information, to […]
Read More »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 »Saint Innocent, March 31 Don’t get me wrong – but I am tempted to dislike people like him. I knew some in high school and college: guys who did everything well. Bundles of energy and enthusiasm who were excellent scholars, good at sports, had good looks, attracted the girls, then went on to marry […]
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 […]
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