Address to the 26th Annual Assembly of the OCA Diocese of the SouthDallas, July 22, 2004By Father Paul Yerger I was asked to speak on evangelizing the South, but I don’t feel adequate to the assigned title. Archbishop Dmitri has planted in us the vision of an Orthodox South, and by his own life […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: April
A Selection of Saints of the British Isles & Western Europe & Africa By Walt Garlington ♱ Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt, 1/14 April One of the greatest saints of the Church and an icon of the extraordinary fruits true repentance can produce. Our venerable mother Mary of Egypt was a desert ascetic who repented […]
The Southern Attitude of Orthodoxy
By Olga Sibert I was delighted to have come across this video from the Abbeville Institute’s 2019 summer school in which John Devanny quotes Professor Richard Weaver’s views on the cultural and religious orthodoxy of the South. A theme common to my writing is the natural fit between Orthodoxy of the people of American South. […]
How To Bring Orthodoxy to the Southern Culture
“The Orthodox Christian Should be the Funniest Man in the Room: Fr. Job Watts on pastoral guidance and the spreading of Orthodoxy in the Southern U.S.” Originally published October 2018 at ROCOR Studies This fall I got to visit the American South for the second time in my life. Last year I was in the […]
A Prayer “For One’s Earthly and Temporal Homeland”
“O Lord Jesus Christ, eternal God, who within time hast become perfect man from the womb of the Virgin: from thy heavenly throne hearken to our prayer for this land. Prepare it for us as a temporal homeland such that we may easily and safely travel therefrom to our true homeland with thee. Give strength […]
Of Traditional Music
One of the primary purposes of the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship is to start conversations about how Orthodoxy can best be enculturated into our contemporary society. It is our belief that there are elements within our traditional culture which are capable of being “baptized” and therefore of becoming vehicles of Orthodox faith and piety for us […]
The Curious Case for Cajun Orthodoxy
By Barry “Phil” Philliber Cajun people represent a curious culture nestled and nurtured within our broader Southern civilization. Most observers – when reflecting on Roman Catholicism in the United States at large – tend to focus on immigrants from Italy, Ireland, Poland, and Central and South America. The Cajun story is often overlooked in this […]
The Appalachian Tradition of “Old Christmas”
From our earliest of days, the people who settled the mountains of Appalachia have sought diligently to preserve their heritage, culture, and language. Our much derided accent, ancient customs and mountain knowledge is a source of pride to millions of Americans. Even today, there is a comfort and longing from folks all around to return […]
Stonewall Jackson
On December 4, 2021, one of the last true country music stars passed away. Stonewall Jackson was born in Tabor City, North Carolina, on November 6, 1932. Growing up with an abusive stepfather and little in the way of formal education, Jackson served as a submariner in the U.S. Navy before moving to Nashville to […]
Orthodox Saints for Dixie: December
A Selection of Saints of the British Isles & Western Europe & Africa By Walt Garlington ♱ St. Birinus, Apostle of Wessex, 3/16 December Birinus, a native of Lombardy, consecrated Bishop by Asterius Bishop of Genoa, and then sent by Pope Honorius to convert the West Saxons. One of his earliest converts was Cynegils, King […]
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