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342. Why do we honor the Mother of God? Because the Bible says so! – Part One

Posted on August 5, 2022August 14, 2022 by Fr. Bill

The feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ is August 6. There is much information online about it. For my “take” on the day, go to: https://frbillsorthodoxblog.com/2019/08/02/137-the-transfiguration-the-other-great-forgotten-feast/ _______________________________________- I am taking a short break from writing. This article and the next are reprints from August 2019, updated and corrected and improved (slightly). Introduction […]

341. Saint Olaf of Norway (who?) and The Seven Maccabean Brothers

Posted on July 29, 2022August 12, 2022 by Fr. Bill

In the Church calendar, today July 29, we commemorate Saint Olaf, and next Monday August 1 we honor the Seven Maccabean Brothers. Saint Olaf of Norway I put the “who?” after Saint Olaf, because I’d be willing to bet that most of you don’t know anything about him. I didn’t. (Do we have any Norwegian […]

340. “Russky Mir: Orthodoxy and Russia’s Manifest Destiny”

Posted on July 22, 2022August 13, 2022 by Fr. Bill

This article, written by Paul Ladouceur, is taken from the July 11, 2022 edition of “The Moscow Times”: https://www.themoscowtimes.com It originally appeared on the website of “Public Orthodoxy”: https://publicorthodoxy.org My Introduction “Manifest Destiny” was the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the North American continent was God-given […]

339. The Holy Prophet Ezekiel: Was he “ON something”?

Posted on July 15, 2022August 12, 2022 by Fr. Bill

That was my immediate reaction when I read again the first chapters of Ezekiel, as I prepared this Post. (Please forgive my built-in scientific skepticism. I can’t help it.) So I looked up the date when hallucinogens were first known in the Old World. There’s some evidence that in Egypt it goes ‘way back. But […]

338. Why is Christianity losing members in America? Why is Eastern Orthodoxy losing members? YOU give the answers!

Posted on July 8, 2022July 20, 2022 by Fr. Bill

Before we begin: If any of you ever look back through earlier Posts (accessible on the right of this screen), you’ll note that many of the images have been removed. It would take too long to explain why. I’m replacing them as I can get to it, Post by Post. _____________________________________________ After writing and rewriting […]