A Variety of Topics: Saints, Seasons, Society, the Moral Life, plus Travels mostly to Greece, and more, by Father Bill Olnhausen
On December 17 we Orthodox honor four Old Testament men of faith: the Prophet Daniel and the Young Men Ananias, Azarias and Mishael, also known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and sometimes called the Three Holy Children. This is a great story. I learned it in Protestant summer Bible School, but I wonder how many […]
Read More »Today December 6 is Saint Nicholas Day. So, why no Post about our beloved saint? Well, we’ve said quite a lot about him already (see Posts 2, 3, 43, 44, 63, 64, 65, 124) and there will be more to come. Here’s an icon of him, just to make him happy. So I hope he […]
Read More »First, Two Stories about Clinging to Things Saint Spyridon, a shepherd on Cyprus both before and after (!) he became a Bishop, once came home to find thieves busily stealing his sheep. He spent a long time trying to persuade them to turn to an honest life. Then he let them go, giving each of them a sheep so, […]
Read More »In this two-part article, here’s what we’ll cover: Today: 1 The Old Testament foundations. 2 The New Testament on “enlightened self interest” – did you ever think of it this way? Christ’s advice on how to use money to gain everlasting life, of the sort you’ll enjoy! And then Saint Paul on how to use money to […]
Read More »For Post 151 on the Preparation for Liturgy, I decided that including the Priest’s Vesting Prayers would make the article too long. However “Mama V” wrote asking that we include them. So… I copied the following from the website * of Saint Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church (OCA) in Palos Hills, Illinois – for which […]
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