Trad ForumBy Rebecca DillinghamSeptember 17, 2022Romney, West Virginia Tradition is the opposite of permanent revolution. But in modern times, it’s the most revolutionary act we can do. G.K. Chesteron said that tradition means: “giving a vote to that most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead … [because it] […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: November
A Selection of Saints of the British Isles & Western Europe & Africa By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Gwyddfarch, Hermit of Moel yr Ancr (+6th century), 3/16 November One of the many monks and nuns of the West who sanctified their lands by their holy acts and unceasing prayers. A number of ascetics chose the tops […]
The Kinsman-Redeemer of the South
By Walt Garlington “And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family: After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: October
A Selection of Saints of the British Isles & Western Europe & Africa By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Remigius of Rheims, the Apostle of the Franks, 1/14 October A Gallo-Roman by birth, in 459 he was chosen to be Bishop of Rheims in France when he was still a layman. During the seventy-four years he was […]
The South’s Salvation
By Olga Sibert You know the story: Grandma had a truckload of kids, mom had two and those two have maybe one, if you’re lucky. So the story of most modern Western communities goes and the Southern Appalachias are no different. When I was growing up, every year we had a huge gathering at a […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: September
A Selection of Saints of the British Isles & Western Europe & Africa By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Bega (Begh, Bee), 6/19 September She was an Irish princess, the most beautiful in her kingdom, who fled from her native land to avoid marriage with a pagan Viking—a Norwegian prince. Guided by an angel, Bega refused a […]
New Orleans: Home to the US’s First Orthodox Parish
New Orleans is a delicious blend of the Old and New Worlds. It is hardly surprising that an enterprising, complex people like the Greeks would be attracted to such a place. Situated near the mouth of the Mississippi River, which drains a vast portion of the North American continent, geography cast a central role for the […]
LOF VIDEO: “Understanding the Creed,” Episode III
In Episode III of “Understanding the Creed,” Dr. Clark Carlton concludes his talk on the “Function of the Creed in the Life of the Church Today” by looking at the recitation of the Creed during the Divine Liturgy. In spite of the fact that this was a relatively late development (late 5th century), the exact […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: August
A Selection of Saints of the British Isles & Western Europe & Africa By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Ethelwold of Winchester, 1/14 August Born in Winchester in England and already a monk and priest, in 955 he became Abbot of Abingdon and in 963 Bishop of Winchester. Together with St. Dunstan and St. Oswald of […]
LOF VIDEO: “Understanding the Creed,” Episode II
In Episode II of “Understanding the Creed,” Dr. Clark Carlton explores the role of the Creed in the life of the Church today, specifically in the process of Catechesis and in our contemporary rite of Baptism. Coming up in Episode III, we will look at the place of the Creed in the Divine Liturgy.
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