Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Rennett Stowe at Creative Commons “The Lenten spring has come – the light of repentance! Let us cleanse ourselves from all evil, crying out to the Giver of Light: Glory to You, O Lover of mankind. Let us begin the fast with joy! Let us prepare ourselves for spiritual effort. Let us […]
Read More »THE NINTH COMMANDMENT You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. “As Jesus Christ hung on the Cross, it seems clear that He was reciting Psalms. Just before He died, he quoted Psalm 31:5: “Into Your hands I commit My spirit”. If He’d had the strength to complete the verse aloud, He would have added, […]
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Read More »Parchment of Decalogue by Jekuthiel Sofer, 1768 COMMANDMENT FIVE: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you. Orthodox often expand this Commandment to include the wider topic of: The Family By that we mean the Traditional Family: father, mother, and children […]
Read More »from the Altar Screen at Temple Church, London (Creative Commons) The Third Commandment You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain. In the Old Testament, a name is not merely a label for identification. A name […]
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