“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 […]

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: 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 […]

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 […]

By Olga Sibert For 95 years, the Grand Ole Opry has showcased the best in country music talent, both rising stars and old favorites. Playing at The Grand Ole Opry House is typically the height of any country or bluegrass singer’s career. Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Reba McIntyre, Vince Gill, and June Carter Cash are just […]