By Rebecca Dillingham Those of you from the South have most likely grown up eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Typically, they’re served with a “mess” of greens, such as collards, mustard or turnip greens, or even cabbage. Each region has its own tasty ritual. “Cook your beans low and slow, ideally in a slow […]
A Monastery in the Middle of Oklahoma
PIEDMONT, Okla. — Prayers of the faithful, the words of Scripture and the fragrance of incense once again fill the sanctuary at the former St. Joseph monastery west of Edmond, now reopened as an Eastern Orthodox monastery. The former Roman Catholic monastery, which was built for the Discalced Carmelite nuns in 1985, had been closed and […]
VIDEO: The Beauty of American Orthodoxy
This video, made by Orthodox Meme Squad, highlights scenes of Orthodoxy’s presence and growth here in the US. It’s a lovely little production, tying in landscapes and music familiar to most Americans, interspersed with visuals of a faith that may seem foreign to some but is really all of our spiritual heritage. Take me home, […]
LOF PODCAST: “Cherubic Hymn” in the TN Hills
This hymn was recorded October 22, 2022, during the 3-day symposium at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Church in Blountville, Tennessee. The choir was comprised of Orthodox singers from Tennessee, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Missouri, Alabama, and a few even beyond those Southern climes. Choir director: Peter Fekula. The Cherubic Hymn is the primary cherubikon (Gr: χερουβικόν), or song […]
Tradition Is How We Contend
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 […]
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 […]
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