As we prepare to enter “Cheese Week” progressing toward the Great Fast of the Church, here follows a repost from years past to aid in the struggle. Here’s some items that can help stock a Lenten Pantry … + dried fruits (raisins, currants, apples, cranberries, apricots, prunes, coconut flakes) + fresh fruits and vegetables + candied peels, mixed + dried beans (black beans, soy beans, navy beans, red kidney beans, great northern beans, mung beans, etc) + dried legumes (red... Read more

A recent article posted online brought to mind this post from a few years back … With all the talk about “Swine Flu” (H1N1) and other communicable diseases, the question arises: “Can I get sick from the Chalice?” There is a one word answer to this, but more on that later. First, a few words about those who should not receive Holy Communion … + If you are Orthodox and not taking your spiritual life seriously; + If you are... Read more

This book is an excellent treatise on the Eastern Orthodox Christian Faith, written primarily for seekers of Truth by a former Baptist, Father Philip LeMasters, a priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and pastor of St Luke Orthodox Church, Abilene. Fr Philip is also the Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Religion at McMurry University and the Corporate Secretary of the Board of Trustees of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. That’s a mouthful of... Read more

Ancient Faith Publishing (formerly Conciliar Press) is having a $3 sale on We Came, We Saw, We Converted .   How much you ask?   $3!   (1.  2.  THREE dollars!)   Interested?  CLICK. Order No. 9780982277089 by Fr. Joseph Huneycutt Subtitle: The Lighter Side of Orthodoxy in America  Based on his popular blog and Ancient Faith Radio podcast, Orthodixie, Fr. Joseph Huneycutt presents a humorous look at the pluses, minuses, joys, pitfalls, and struggles of perpetual conversion within an Orthodox... Read more

Sometimes you can judge a podcast by its title! The Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio! Read more

Iconographer Dmitry Shkolnik and his helper, Aleko Michedlishvili have begun the latest icon install at St Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, Texas.  Pictured below, unfurled on the floor and out of order, are: Christ creating the Universe. Christ creating Adam & Eve. The Temptation & Fall. The Expulsion of from Paradise. Beneath these four scenes, on the north wall of the Narthex/Baptistery, will be some of the Evangelizers of the Nations: Nina of Georgia Cyril & Methodius Mary Magdalene Photini, the Samaritan... Read more

I started blogging in 2004, having no idea what would come of it. It is thanks to Huw Richardson that I started at all. We both worked 3rd shift at a substance abuse recovery center; there was lots of down time in the wee hours. Blogging was relatively new, before the Facebook Era, and The Orthodixie Blog took off. After ten years, thousands of blog posts, hundreds of podcasts, a couple awards and a few books … here we are:... Read more

Recently, during a break between retreat talks, I was approached by an Asian woman …  Now, before I continue, I have to tell you a story. At school, one of my kids was recently engaged in a class exercise to reveal certain stereotypes.  The activity required one student to have a classification of a people or person taped to their head – which only their partner could see.  The knowing partner would give hints and clues to the unknowing taped... Read more

Dr John Mark Reynolds debates Dan Barker. Really … worth the two hours. Read more