Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Saint Nicholas Day, December 6, is upon us! from Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos First two icons by permission of Saint Isaac’s Skete at skete. com In the title above we’re using “wonderful” in the original sense: “full of wonders”. For the past seventeen centuries Saint Nicholas, a very obscure Bishop from Asia Minor, has filled […]
Read More »That should be sufficient material for today! especially since we need to cover: 1 Two mistranslations, and 2 A clause which we might wish weren’t there (and I think you know which one I mean), but it is, so I guess we’ve got to deal with it. Give us this day our daily bread. This is a […]
Read More »Names Most people today have forgotten the significance of names. Most people, even some Orthodox people, give their children names without reference to family tradition or patron saint or anything significant. They might as well assign them numbers. (“Come in, 008, it’s time for dinner!”) The most popular boys’ name in America lately is “Liam”, […]
Read More »Last week, as we talked about The Father, I ignored something obvious: I’ve been Orthodox for 32 years, and I forgot iconography!? God the Father has no physical attributes and so cannot be depicted, nor can the Holy Spirit. Only Jesus Christ can be portrayed. So the classical icon of God the Holy Trinity is […]
Read More »Before we get started: Last week’s Post dealt with the “dark side” of the spiritual world. But now the Orthodox Church shows us some of the “bright side of the other side”: 1 On November 8 we celebrate the feast of The Archangels Michael and Gabriel and All The Bodiless Powers of Heaven. If you wish, take a look at […]
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