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
Pray for the people of Ukraine and Gaza. +++ “If you are here because you think this is a place where you can reinforce some cultural masculinity [or] because you think this is the place to rebel against what you see going on politically around you or socially around you, please…go somewhere else.” Those […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! …..4) Science slashers: Do they not believe in the Creator? 5) The Pope and the Patriarch. 6) Atheist discovers Theosis. 7) Statistics on Religion in Ukraine and Russia, Pentagon Inefficiency: a moral issue? and Gaza Prisoner Exchange These are assorted items I’ve come across, each […]
Read More »… at least not today in the Orthodox Church, when we commemorate Saints Auxentios, Maron and the martyrs Nicholas and Damian. No hearts and flowers there. We Orthodox do commemorate two Saint Valentines – one on July 6, the other on July 30 A Confusing Introduction I thought this was going to be a simple […]
Read More »That’s a devious way of saying this is a re-run of my old Post, written seven years ago: The Groundhog Who Stole Candlemas When I look back at my former Posts, almost invariably I’m unhappy with them. I think I surely could have written that better. Except for this one. Forgive me, but I really […]
Read More »Enough! In my commentary, I always intend to work right up to the edge of politics, but never jump into the chaos down there. I have political opinions, of course, but that’s not my area of expertise. However morality is. And the political immorality, cruelty, crudity, vulgarity, lying, distortion of truth this year have gone […]
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