542. July 4: Orthodoxy and American Democracy

  Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and Gaza.   “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government – except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947 During much of history, Orthodox people have lived under emperors, dictators […]

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541. My First Trip to Greece, Part Two – 1) Popular Orthodoxy. 2) The Face of Saint Nicholas.

  Pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and Gaza. _________________ A Week on a Greek island The conference ended and with my wife’s leave – I have a wonderful wife – I had something I had long wanted: a week to bum around on a Greek island. I felt prepared. I had learned enough […]

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540. My First Trip to Greece: Part One – at the end of which, Saint Nicholas begins to make his move.

  Pray for the people of Ukraine and Gaza.   I’m old, now. I won’t see Greece again. Nevertheless, I often still go there. On my trips I kept a daily travel journal. I wrote one time: “Why am I keeping this journal? So when I get old and can’t travel here any more, I’ll […]

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537. A Church for Super-masculine Men?

  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 […]

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536. Miscellany: 1) The World: back to normal? 2) Advice from a Wizard. 3) Why Orthodoxy “works” – and much 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 […]

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