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
My wife and I love to watch old movies and television shows. The humor is always funny, the drama always exciting. This spring you’ll get the same opportunity with this Blog. Occasionally you’ll see some “re-runs” of previous Posts – revised just a tad. The reason: We are about to move from the house we […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! icons by permission of Saint Isaac’s Skete at skete.com Are you interested in the Place where you’re going? * I’m writing these articles to give us a taste of what it’s like There. Actually, one of the two possible places. Someday when I’m in a dark mood I’ll […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Coptic Orthodox Anastasis To those of you who schedule your entire lives around the arrival of this consistently-every-Friday Blog Post * my apologies for being a day late. This has been an extraordinarily busy week. Next week I’ll get things under control again. I will not use the pop abbreviation LOL […]
Read More »The Virgin Mary…? Those of you who were raised Orthodox or Roman Catholic cannot imagine how hard it was for most of us former Protestants to accept the Mother of God. I know, because when we try to describe it, you just look at us with puzzled looks on your faces! Most icons with permission […]
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