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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Back in the days before he got co-opted, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said some things which I think are right on target, including one thing which has helped me think in a new way. We’ll come to that later in this Post. Introduction When long ago I was raised in […]
Read More »I’ll try to be objective in what follows. However, I need to make it clear that I am a priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, which is part of the Patriarchate of Antioch (Syria). Because of this I have known many first generation Americans of Middle Eastern origin, including many Palestinians, who […]
Read More »“boo” Only a little tiny “boo…“? from something that looks as scary that? Really? Well, that’s what the Orthodox Troparion/Apolytikion for martyrs tells us. Please take note of the portions in italics. From the Greek Archdiocese: “For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons’ strengthless presumption.“ From […]
Read More »I’m a day late publishing the Post this week – forgive me – which means I’m a day late wishing you… Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year, that is, which begins on September 1. Here, if you’re interested, is a whole Blog Post about it: https://frbillsorthodoxblog.com/2020/08/28/213-happy-new-year/ Now to the subject at hand: A Silly Introduction The […]
Read More »Someone (I’m sorry – I still can’t remember who) wrote: “Our chief task as Orthodox is not to think about Orthodoxy, but to think about the world in light of Orthodoxy”. Of course we need to know the Faith. However, the Orthodox Faith is a “given”. Orthodoxy is built on the Rock. It doesn’t change. […]
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