By Olga Sibert haint: Southern colloquialismdef., ghost, apparition, lost soul. We Orthodox believe a lot of things, we are defined by our beliefs, but perhaps we are also defined by what we don’t believe in. We don’t believe in ghosts stalking graveyards or rattling chains down dark hallways. The only ghost we believe in is the Holy Ghost. However, here in […]
Inaugural Conference: Dr. Livingston’s Speech
Click the image above to view Dr. Donald W. Livingston’s speech from the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship’s Inaugural Conference which was held on September 16, 2023, in Tobaccoville, NC. The purpose of the gathering was to bring together like-minded Orthodox Christians, catechumens, and inquirers from across the South (and a few beyond) to discuss Orthodox evangelization of […]
Inaugural Conference: Met. Jonah’s Speech
Click the image above to view Metropolitan Jonah Paffhausen’s speech from the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship’s Inaugural Conference which was held on September 16, 2023, in Tobaccoville, NC. The purpose of the gathering was to bring together like-minded Orthodox Christians, catechumens, and inquirers from across the South (and a few beyond) to discuss Orthodox evangelization of the […]
Inaugural Conference: Fr. John’s Speech
Click the image above to view Father John Whiteford’s speech from the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship’s Inaugural Conference which was held on September 16, 2023, in Tobaccoville, NC. The purpose of the gathering was to bring together like-minded Orthodox Christians, catechumens, and inquirers from across the South (and a few beyond) to discuss Orthodox evangelization of […]
Believers Gather to Discuss Deepening Orthodoxy’s Roots in the South
“Tending the Crops: Believers Gather to Discuss Deepening Orthodox Christianity’s Roots in the South”By Amanda Goins I recently joined travelers from near and far gathering in Tobaccoville, NC, to attend the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship’s Inaugural Conference. The Fellowship welcomed 125 attendees from 10 states, and the UK, to the sold-out event with Southern charm. It […]
Hawaii’s Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon Visits Dixie
By Rebecca Dillingham The Hawaiian Iveron Icon has been streaming myrrh since 2007. Starting this past mid-week and through the weekend, the wonder-working icon made its way swiftly but solemnly from Honolulu to the great state of Georgia, Western North Carolina, East Tennessee, Northern Virginia, and then on to Washington, DC. Pilgrims came from all […]
The Gift of Southern Literature
Now available is our greatly anticipated second essay: “The Gift of Southern Literature” by Bill Wilson, distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. We’re deeply grateful for Dr. Wilson’s contribution to The Ludwell Review, which is the Fellowship’s venue for long-format works on topics related to the enculturation of Orthodoxy within the […]
Dixie Missions, Japanese Style
Saint Nikolai Kasatkin (1857-1912) labored as a missionary to Japan for nearly fifty years. When he began his work, the Japanese saw all foreigners as beasts, and Christianity as a villainous sect to which only reprobates and sorcerers could belong. When he reposed, he left behind over 250 Japanese Orthodox communities (oca.org/saints). We Orthodox Christians […]
Orthodoxy in Bayou Land
“Orthodoxy in Bayou Land: The Ancient Faith in Northeast Louisiana”By Walt Garlington It is not unusual to run across ancient things in Northeast Louisiana – Native American arrowheads and burial mounds, old French and Spanish names and settlements, and petrified wood here and there. But, strange as it will sound, the most ancient of them […]
Moldova Pilgrimage
Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship co-founder Fr. John Whiteford and his matushka visited Moldova in the summer of 2022. We’re highlighting his travel series at our Southern Orthodox site because Moldova is a highly agricultural and intensely hospitable society – two cultural norms Dixie knows a thing or two about … or at least used to. As […]
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