Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
This week: 1 Regarding Orthodox who have abortions, 2 How should we try to apply Orthodox principles to society? 3 Being consistently pro-life. As I said last week: 1) If you read the original Posts three years ago, some of this will be familiar to you. Today, however, a great deal will not. Some of this […]
Read More »Well, I certainly timed this right, inasmuch as Roe v. Wade has been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, just as I am preparing to send out this Post. Originally I wrote and published these two articles in this Blog in February 2019. If you read them then, some of what you find here will […]
Read More »Several weeks ago I mentioned what a shame it is that, in our Orthodox Sunday lectionary, we never hear the lovely story of the Wedding at Cana, and I promised an article about it soon – and here it is! A Digression about Pentecost and Weddings By chance I placed this Post at the right […]
Read More »My Friday Post is a day late (very busy week here), no doubt completely discombobulating your weekly schedule again. Sorry. Pentecost On Pentecost the Holy Spirit came with power, and the revelation of God the Holy Trinity was completed. Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, 16th c Most icons courtesy of Saint Isaac’s Skete, skete.com Now, imagine […]
Read More »Before we get to the subjects above, this is also the Sunday when we commemorate the First Ecumenical Council. Ancient Church councils.. dull? Not! You might want to read these two Posts from five years ago: 14. The Story of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council: Part 1 15. The Story of the Fathers […]
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