Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Here’s where we are: This week there was no Wednesday or Friday Fast. If you forgot: Quick! grab a cheeseburger! preferably the healthy kind like my wife makes. Next week: normal fasting. Meatfare Sunday, February 27: last day for meat till Pascha. Clean Monday, March 7: The Great Fast begins. I once described Orthodox fasting […]
Read More »(Pravmir) Pre-Lent Now we get down to work, preparing for Great Lent which is four weeks away. What disciplines should we take on? Which extra Church services should we attend? How should we keep the Fast? However, if we think the purpose of Lent is to not eat meat for a few weeks, then […]
Read More »Students: For the benefit of any who were absent from class last week, let me explain again. Between now and Pascha we’re following the Church’s Sunday Scripture readings – appointed long centuries ago by the Fathers, designed to teach us how to keep Lent and prepare for the Feast of Feasts. Since the story of the […]
Read More »This week we could talk about the Feast of The Three Hierarchs, which falls this Sunday, January 25. But we’ve already done that: https://frbillsorthodoxblog.com/2021/01/29/232-the-three-hierarchs-january-30-the-feast-of-learning/ Or we could talk about the Great Feast of the Entrance of our Lord Jesus Christ into the Temple, which falls next Tuesday, February 2. But we’ve done that, as well: https://frbillsorthodoxblog.com/2018/01/26/49-groundhog-stole-candlemas/ […]
Read More »Many years ago, when I was an Episcopalian priest, a young woman made an appointment with me. She wanted to see if she and her intended could get married at my church. I asked a few preliminary questions (“Are you baptized?” “Yes.” “Do you go to church?” “Not really.” and so on), and then she […]
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