By Rebecca Dillingham Those of you from the South have most likely grown up eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Typically, they’re served with a “mess” of greens, such as collards, mustard or turnip greens, or even cabbage. Each region has its own tasty ritual. “Cook your beans low and slow, ideally in a slow […]
A Monastery in the Middle of Oklahoma
PIEDMONT, Okla. — Prayers of the faithful, the words of Scripture and the fragrance of incense once again fill the sanctuary at the former St. Joseph monastery west of Edmond, now reopened as an Eastern Orthodox monastery. The former Roman Catholic monastery, which was built for the Discalced Carmelite nuns in 1985, had been closed and […]
Tradition Is How We Contend
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), […]
Moving With Faith in the Tarheel State
By Archpriest Mark Tyson On Sunday, October 9, the congregation of St. Thomas the Apostle Mission gathered for the first Divine Liturgy in their recently purchased church building located in Tobaccoville, NC. Some 80 people attended the services on a historic Sunday for a community which has endured many trials since its inception. St. Thomas […]
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 […]
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