Fr. 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
Dear Ones: As you know, these Posts normally are published on Fridays. Last Saturday I told you I was a day late because I’d had a virus (non-Covid) all week. This time I’m two days late, so I should have an even better excuse. And I do! The virus worsened, and I went into the hospital […]
Read More »I apologize for getting this Post out late. All week I’ve had a nasty Virus * and I’m not concentrating very well. Thank God and all the saints that I didn’t have air tickets to Greece this week~ Not that Virus, thank God. I had a Covid test this week, just to be sure, which was negative. […]
Read More »I know: His official title is Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco. This is because Orthodox hierarchs who are recognized as saints seem to be typically labeled according to the first place where they served as bishop. However, I think John Maximovitch – this remarkable man – really deserves the extended title I […]
Read More »It is time to meet Aslan the Great Lion, and visit Aslan’s Country. from “Rambling Ever On” site Last week’s Post (just in case you didn’t read it which, granted, is very hard to imagine…) included a short biography of C.S. Lewis, the “anonymous Orthodox”. Today we travel to Narnia. The Chronicles of Narnia are six […]
Read More »Why, you may ask, am I giving two Posts in an Orthodox Blog to an Anglican and his writings? It’s because I’ve been waiting over four years for an excuse to do this! and this is the excuse: During Pascha and Ascension season, we’ve been looking at Heaven, where Christ went “to prepare a Place” […]
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