Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
This, as you note, is my 500th Post! I had no idea I’d be blogging this long. I can think of no better way to celebrate than with music. The Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ For any here present who are not Orthodox: Here is a typical Orthodox icon for the […]
Read More »So Jesus’ birth was the result of Mary’s being raped by a Roman soldier?! That is the suggestion of Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion at Princeton, University. * The evidence for this is… You’re right. There isn’t any. As for the Christmas stories? They, she says, are only “metaphors”. Metaphors for what? That’s not clear. […]
Read More »Dear ones: This a re-run, greatly revised, of Post 95 from December 7, 2018. I figure most of you haven’t read the first version. In fact, when I re-read it, much of it was news to me, and I said to myself, ”Well, he certainly could have said that a whole lot better.” Thus the […]
Read More »Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Bishop of Myra December 6, 343 Saint Nicholas was Bishop of the city of Myra on the south coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey) in the Fourth Century, back in the days when the Greek-speaking world stretched across much of the eastern Mediterranean. * He is perhaps the most popular, most […]
Read More »I promised you a re-run this week, and here it is. This is Post 93 from November 24, 2018 (slightly updated) – part of my series on The Seven Deadly Sins. OK, so it’s cruel, just cruel, to talk about gluttony on the day after Thanksgiving *, our annual eat-too-much-and-get-indigestion-and-take-Di-Gel-or-ginger tea-or-whatever festival. I also ate […]
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