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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
I mistakenly published this before it was completed. Please go to Post 297.2. Saint Gregory of Nyssa My problem (and possibly yours?) has been to keep all the Saint Gregorys straight. There are Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (usually called Saint Gregory the Theologian) ,Saint Gregory the Great (Pope of Rome, whom Orthodox title Saint Gregory […]
Read More »But before we get started: The Epiphany, the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, was yesterday, January 6 (new calendar). In the ancient Church, and still according to our liturgical forms, Epiphany is just as big a celebration as Christmas. Who would have guessed? So if you missed it and you’d like to read […]
Read More »Christ is born! Glorify Him! Today is the Seventh Day of Christmas. Just barely. As I publish this, it’s three minutes before sunset in Milwaukee, and the beginnng of the Eighth Day. The secular world and even many Christians come to the First Day of the Christmas Feast – and then it’s all over. What […]
Read More »Today is the Eve of Christmas, so I’m aware you’re not reading this Post. However, just in case somebody else is, or if perhaps you do so later during the Great Feast of the Nativity… Orthodox Christmas Music The Orthodox Church is the Church of music. Almost all our services are sung. Music lifts our […]
Read More »The feast of Saint Ignatius of Antioch is December 20. If you’d like to read a good story, go to: https://frbillsorthodoxblog.com/2019/12/20/158-how-the-hieromartyr-ignatius-the-god-bearer-brought-2000-evangelicals-into-the-orthodox-church-in-1989/ _____________________________ Let me begin with a confession: Though I know the Orthodox Church in Russia has produced a vast number of holy men and women, for reasons I cannot explain I have never been […]
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