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April 2011

April 05, 2011

Prayer Before Death

1. When, exhausted by illness, I sense that the end of my earthly existence is...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

“Is there a God?”

There's an old joke that goes like this: A bunch of scientists created a huge...

March 29, 2011

Can Christians Agree on Health Care?

As noted in the Endnotes of the book, We Came, We Saw, We Converted -...

March 26, 2011

Midnight in the Elfin Garden of Paschal Pajamas

A portion of this week's episode, already in progress:Having gathered in front of the temple,...

March 26, 2011

A Lenten Book, Good for Confession —

Since I have a "bad habit" of giving copies of this book to those struggling...

March 25, 2011

GOOD GRIEF – Going Through the (Healthy) Process of Grieving

The Rt. Rev. John Abdallah, Dean of St George Cathedral in the Oakland section of...

March 25, 2011

Phanar Says “No Vuvuzelas for Vassula”

This from Wednesday, January 18, 2006:Comments have been steadily flowing in from Vassula devotees since...

March 25, 2011

MARCH 25th: Flannery & Feast

It's the birthday of Flannery O'Connor [Savannah, Georgia (1925)] who wrote two novels and 32...

March 23, 2011

A Prot, an RC, and an Orthodox walk into a … Conference

Click the above image to enlarge.Here's the INFO and REGISTRATION.NEW - Updated Schedule!Co-sponsored by Houston...

March 22, 2011

St Theophan the Recluse on [Not] Fasting

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but...

March 17, 2011

No Poo in My Hood!

For those of you who are regulars to the Orthodixie Podcast, please forgive my recent...

March 14, 2011

HOUSTON: Triumph of Orthodoxy 2011

Here are some shots from last night's service ...This year's annual Pan-Orthodox Vespers for the...

March 13, 2011

+ Metropolitan Nicholas +

JOHNSTOWN, PA - His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, 75, spiritual leader of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox...

March 10, 2011

You Had Me From … Ahoy!

It was on this day in 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful...

March 08, 2011

“Our Father” … Thomas Hopko in Houston

St George, Houston is the site of Saturday's Lenten Retreat titled"Our Father…"with Retreat Master:Protopresbyter Thomas...

March 08, 2011

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like LENT’S Here …

The following helpful hints are excerpted from an email from Matushka Elizabeth Perdomo (with gratitude).After...

March 07, 2011

Clean Monday

Clean Monday is a public holiday in Greece, a day of great celebration and traditions....

March 06, 2011

My Low Bow

On this Sunday of Forgiveness, I beg you -- faithful readers, lurkers, and surfers --...

March 05, 2011

I’m On The Tonight Show Again!

With all the fanfare [last year] surrounding the return of Jay Leno to The Tonight...

March 04, 2011

St Basil’s Images & a Crazed Image of Basil

Yesterday's regular meeting of the Orthodox Clergy Association of Southeast Texas was hosted by St...

February 2011

February 26, 2011

Cross Your Heart, Not Your Legs!

In working with catechumens and seekers, even old dogs willing to learn new tricks, it’s...

February 25, 2011

Beer is Liquid Bread? Nyet!

It's a justification commonly heard during the Great Fast: "What? Beer? Why, that's just liquid...

February 24, 2011

That Old Time Lenten Pantry

As we prepare to enter "Cheese Week" progressing toward the Great Fast of the Church,...

February 23, 2011

That Old Time Religion … Region

GREENSBORO, NC [OCA] -- His Grace, Bishop Mark will deliver a lecture titled "Stillness in...

February 23, 2011

That Old Time (Tak Pravda) Religion

“When are we going to stop making Christianity politically correct and all-inclusive?”“Why do we insist...

February 20, 2011

SALVATION: Protestant vs Orthodox

This video is worth your while ...Source

February 16, 2011

Clergy Can Be Funny, But Teachable?

While working on a presentation for Illumination Learning titled Funny Moments Can be Teachable Things,...

February 16, 2011

Humping the Snark (w/ the B.I.B.L.E.)

So says Mollie ...For a religion reporter editor of a major magazine, Lisa Miller of...

February 04, 2011

Huneycutt Obit

Years ago, my spiritual father and I were leaving his cell, headed for the monastery’s...

February 04, 2011

To a Bird at Dawn (Houston & Beyond)

Just the other day,on my way to work,amid the wet and damp of Houston winterMust...