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 […]
Texas Christians Practice the Orthodox Faith
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 […]
It’s Good To Be Slow
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, […]
Lenten Appeal 2022
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 […]
Orthodox Place Names in Louisiana
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 […]
Fr. Paul Yerger: The Southern Hunger for Orthodox Faith
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 […]
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 […]
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