Christ is RISEN! Or is it …CHRIST is Risen! Or, maybe …Christ IS Risen! Orthodox are a peculiar lot; where else would you find folks arguing over which syllable to stress in proclaiming the Lord’s Resurrection? Christ is RISEN! CHRIST is Risen! Christ IS Risen! Oh, no, it’s not heard so much in English – I mean, hey, most of us are new to this whole thing, we’ll take your word for it … But, among Middle Easterners, if you... Read more

The following notice was sent to me by Matushka Elizabeth Perdomo …St. Peter the Aleut Orthodox Summer CampMonday June 29th – Friday July 3th, 2009 UPDATE: Get it all HERE. St. Peter the Aleut Orthodox Summer Camp (since 1993) serves the OCA Diocese of the South, Southcentral Deanery and any other Orthodox youth and their friends who would like to attend. Camp will again be held at the YMCA Camp Grady Spruce at Possum Kingdom Lake, South of Weatherford, Texas... Read more

Father Andrew Damick wades into the real meat of the Paschal matter — When someone says Christ is Risen! — Should we respond Indeed or Truly He is Risen? Regardless, please don’t verbalize HAS. Read it. Image Source Read more

Now that the Metropolitan and Bishops of the Antiochian Archdiocese have met — statement here — I am repeating the teaser (below) for this week’s Orthodixie Podcast … Christ is Risen! So, there I sat … I was sitting in a dark room and tied to a chair, when suddenly: Whoooosh! Bright lights were shining in my eyes so that I couldn’t see my surroundings. A strange voice asked: “So, Fr Joseph, what is your opinion on the current state... Read more

Following the Paschal Agape Vespers on Sunday afternoon, we headed out toward Chappell Hill, Texas, to take in the Bluebonnets. Does this dress make me look fat? She looks better in a dress anyway. The teen is missing, but the dog subs. Life as an eleven year old boy in Texas … … is probably twice as nice when you’re a soon-to-be-seven girl. Happy Bright Friday! Christ is Risen! Read more

Pastfast, ME – Plans are currently underway for this year’s Lenten Superlative Awards Banquet at St Kismet in Gethsemane Falls. Last year’s gala saw a total of 13 awards being presented to the best and worst participants in the Great Fast. “I think it’s a wonderful way to show our appreciation to those who have led the way,” said long-time member and infrequent faster, Billy Gullible. “Before coming to St Kismet’s, no one recognized my spiritual feats, perfect service attendance,... Read more

So, there I sat … I was sitting in a dark room and tied to a chair, when suddenly: Whoooosh! Bright lights were shining in my eyes so that I couldn’t see my surroundings. A strange voice asked: “So, Fr Joseph, what is your opinion on the current state of affairs in Antioch?” The wha-? I replied. “Oh, you know exactly what I’m talking about … it’s all over the Internet … it was in your parish bulletin … you’ve... Read more

Happy Pascha from the Huneycutts! Be on the look out for these two boys. They run under the name Pee Kays. Oops. Looks like the Pee Kays are an equal opportunity bunch. Wait. It seems that when the boys are alone they also run with Two Fingers D. Christ is Risen! Read more

The following notes [an annual “tradition”] come courtesy of Fr Mark Mancuso of St Elizabeth the New-Martyr, Columbia, South Carolina. Christ is Risen! A few notes for Bright Week and the Paschal season. • We greet one another during the entire Paschal season (which lasts 40 days) with the words: “Christ is risen!” and the response to the greeting is: “Indeed, He is risen!” • During Bright Week, the Holy Doors and the Deacons’ doors of the iconostasis remain open... Read more

The [kinda] soundtrack. Read more