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
Clockwise from top left: St. Cecilia; St. John the Dwarf; St. Edmund, King of East Anglia, England’s Original Patron Saint; St. Andrew the Holy Apostle, Patron Saint of Scotland; Great-Martyr Katherine the All-Wise of Alexandria; and St. Willibrord (Clement), Apostle of the Frisians. By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Gwyddfarch, Hermit of Moel yr Ancr (+6th century), […]
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
Clockwise from top left: St. Alfred the Great, Eternal King of England & Chief Patron Saint of the South; St. Ammon of Egypt; St. Kenneth of Aghaboe; Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, & Celsus of Milan; and St. Frideswide of Oxford. By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Remigius of Rheims, the Apostle of the Franks, 1/14 October […]
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
Clockwise from top left: St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury; St. Lioba, Beloved Abbess and Enlightener of Germany; St. Deiniol of Bangor; Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith, Hope, and Love, at Rome; and Great Martyr Eustathios Placidas and His Wife Theopiste and Children Agapios and Theopistos, also Martyred with Him. By Walt Garlington […]
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
“The Function of the Creed in the Life of the Church Today” (conclusion) 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 […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: August
Clockwise from top left: Saints Moses the Black; Ninian, Apostle of the Southern Picts of Scotland; Eulalia of Barcelona; Oswald, King of Northumbria and Martyr; and Aidan of Lindisfarne. 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 […]
LOF VIDEO: “Understanding the Creed,” Episode II
“The Function of the Creed in the Life of the Church Today” 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 […]
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