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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Last week, as we talked about The Father, I ignored something obvious: I’ve been Orthodox for 32 years, and I forgot iconography!? God the Father has no physical attributes and so cannot be depicted, nor can the Holy Spirit. Only Jesus Christ can be portrayed. So the classical icon of God the Holy Trinity is […]
Read More »Before we get started: Last week’s Post dealt with the “dark side” of the spiritual world. But now the Orthodox Church shows us some of the “bright side of the other side”: 1 On November 8 we celebrate the feast of The Archangels Michael and Gabriel and All The Bodiless Powers of Heaven. If you wish, take a look at […]
Read More »The title above makes it sound like I work for “Ghostbusters”! No. But, in another way, maybe I do. from “The Exorcist” Have I done exorcisms like this one? No way! I understand that demonic possession does very very rarely exist. But if I saw something like this (thank God and all the saints I […]
Read More »James died, a martyr, on October 23, AD 62. His titles puzzle some people. Those who believe Mary is “ever virgin” wonder: How could Jesus have a brother? Those who think bishops were a later corruption of the Gospel, ask: Why do we call James “Bishop of Jerusalem””? Well… the Orthodox Church was there […]
Read More »“And now for something completely different.” Or maybe not – since Saint Francis didn’t lend money. He didn’t possess any. Usury: lending money at interest I was visiting family this week, so I took this an as easy topic: I’d just find the Scriptural and Patristic references to Usury and copy them here. Wrong! I found […]
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