YOU KNOW YOU\u2019RE SOUTHERN ORTHODOX WHEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n 10)<\/strong> At Pentecost, your church is decorated with Kudzu.<\/p>\n 9)<\/strong> You spell \u201cfeast\u201d with only three letters: B B Q.<\/p>\n 8)<\/strong> You say \u201cFather,\u201d \u201cBarsonuphios,\u201d and \u201cMonastery\u201d without any pronouncing an \u201cr.\u201d<\/p>\n 7)<\/strong> You drive 3 hours to an Orthodox Church. But, could hop \u2026 on one foot \u2026 with your eyes closed \u2026 (and a rock in your shoe) \u2026 to the nearest Baptist Church.<\/p>\n 6)<\/strong> All your services are all in English \u2014 at least that\u2019s what YOU<\/strong><\/em> call it.<\/p>\n 5)<\/strong> There\u2019s women in your church known as: Photini Beth, Thecla Beth, and Elizabeth Beth.<\/p>\n 4)<\/strong> There\u2019s men going by: Athanasius Lee, Euphrosynos Lee, and Vasiliy Lee.<\/p>\n 3)<\/strong> You got white folks, black folks \u2014 even Democrats \u2014 in your parish, but no Russians, Serbians, Arabs or Greeks.<\/p>\n 2)<\/strong> You know someone who knows someone who knows someone with a velvet picture of Elvis celebrating the Last Supper.<\/p>\n AND \u2026<\/strong><\/em> the number one sign that you are an Orthodox Southerner:<\/p>\n 1)<\/strong> You think grits are too good to be considered fasting!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (copyright 2000 \u2013 Fr Joseph Huneycutt)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YOU KNOW YOU\u2019RE SOUTHERN ORTHODOX WHEN: 10) At Pentecost, your church is decorated with Kudzu. 9) You spell \u201cfeast\u201d with only three letters: B B Q. 8) You say \u201cFather,\u201d \u201cBarsonuphios,\u201d and \u201cMonastery\u201d without any pronouncing an \u201cr.\u201d 7) You drive 3 hours to an Orthodox Church. But, could hop \u2026 on one foot \u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n