Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
I remember a little boy years ago: His father would sit in his chair, and the boy would sit in his chair. His father would cross his legs, and the boy would cross his legs. His father would turn the page of his newspaper; and his son would turn the page of his book. As […]
Read More »Little did the apostles imagine that 2000 years later, 8000 miles from Jerusalem, in a land they had never even heard of, the Church would still be carrying out their apostolic work. On the Second Sunday after Pentecost, the Sunday after All Saints, many Orthodox jurisdictions commemorate their national and regional saints. I wish we all did, […]
Read More »5. The Holy Spirit is Water. Why are there no icons showing the Holy Spirit as water? Epiphany icons show the Holy Spirit as a dove descending on our Lord Jesus in visible form. In some unfortunate icons of the Holy Trinity, God the Father is depicted as an old man and Christ as a […]
Read More »Whoops! Pentecost caught up with me, and it’s time to talk about… 4. The Most Dangerous Time of All People often tell me how beautiful the Lenten and Pascha services are. I’ve never once heard anybody say, “O Father, I so much enjoyed those interminable Kneeling Prayers” – at “Kneeling Vespers” which immediately follows Pentecost […]
Read More »1. The “Spirit of Disorganization” Years ago the cowboy humorist Will Rogers said, “I don’t belong to any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” I sometimes want to say, “I don’t belong to any organized Church. I’m Orthodox.” On the whole, the Orthodox Church is the most disorganized organization I have ever heard of – […]
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