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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! icons by permission of Saint Isaac’s Skete at skete.com Are you interested in the Place where you’re going? * I’m writing these articles to give us a taste of what it’s like There. Actually, one of the two possible places. Someday when I’m in a dark mood I’ll […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Coptic Orthodox Anastasis To those of you who schedule your entire lives around the arrival of this consistently-every-Friday Blog Post * my apologies for being a day late. This has been an extraordinarily busy week. Next week I’ll get things under control again. I will not use the pop abbreviation LOL […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Chora Church, Constantinople, 14th c (US Public Domain) It seems strange to title this Post as I did, then follow it with “Christ is risen!” and a gorgeous Orthodox Paschal icon… and then immediately go back to Thomas and his doubts. However, I intended to talk about doubt […]
Read More »And we do mean newly-revealed. At least by my (old man’s) standards. from Greek City Times It began in the year 1959, on the Greek island of Lesvos (also known as Mytilene). The Martyr Raphael appeared in a dream to the priest of the village of Thermi, identified himself, then began to tell him his story […]
Read More »Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! The Story of how Thomas came to believe Gospel: John 20:19-31 On the Sunday after the Resurrection, Christians both East and West celebrate the day when “doubting Thomas” came to faith. Actually the man should be called “Believing Thomas”: When Jesus announced that He was going to Judaea, […]
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