By Angela Ward Ask most East Texans about the major divisions of Christianity and their response will probably mention only two of the three: Roman Catholics and Protestants. The third branch of Christianity, Eastern Orthodox, is relatively unknown in most of the southern United States, but that’s beginning to change. The Rev. John Mikita, pastor […]

By Olga Sibert When you first attend an Orthodox service it may stand out to you as … well … kinda slow. We tend to take our time and Divine Liturgy lasts anywhere from two to three hours every Sunday. This seems overwhelming to a lot of folks who are used to one-hour church services, […]

The Philip Ludwell III Orthodox Fellowship“Nurturing the roots of Orthodoxy in Dixie’s Land” P.O. Box 174Brown Summit, NC 27214 Great Lent 2022 Beloved Brothers and Sisters: Greetings in the Lord! On behalf of everyone involved with the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship, we want to extend our warmest regards and prayers as we continue our struggle through […]

By Walt Garlington   St. James Parish —Named for the Holy Apostle James, the brother of St. John the Theologian “The son of Zebedee and brother of John, he was one of the Twelve. At the call of the Lord Jesus, he left his fishing nets and his father and, together with John, immediately followed […]

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 […]

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. […]

“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 […]