Evangelical Counsels ~ Obedience
“Will you preserve, even unto death, obedience to the Igumen, and to all the Brethren in Christ?”With these words, asked by the bishop during the tonsure servic...
Author: Fr. Peter
General McChrystal
Unless you live under a rock you know that the top US General in Afghanistan, General Stanley A. McChrystal, is going to meet with the President today to explai...
New Monastery Founded
On Sunday, June 20th the parish community of St. Michael Orthodox Christian Church voted to found the St. Columba of Iona Orthodox Monastery on the grounds of t...
The Garden
Okay I know it is getting late in the season but the plants are doing well even though they have not gone in the garden beds yet. Today I got the first I what I...
Apology
It seems there is a growing tendency in America that we can say whatever we want as long as we issue an apology afterwards. I am not sure that works. My feeling...
Ronnie Lee Gardner
You may not have heard of this man before reading this post, neither did I until he made the news recently. He is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in Ut...
Small Town Politics
I do not often make comments on this blog about the political happenings in the Village but I fell compelled to speak up about this one. Earlier this year the S...
17 June ~ St. Etheldreda
Abbess of Ely (679) Queen of Northumbria; born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While still very young she was given in marriage by her father, ...
17 June ~ St. Botolph
Abbot of Icanho (in East Anglia) (680) ‘Saint Botolph was born in Britain about the year 610 and in his youth became a monk in Gaul. The sisters of Ethelm...
17 Sunday ~ St. Alban
First Martyr of Britain in Verulamium (c. 209) He was a soldier in the Roman army and, according to the venerable Bede, was brought to faith in Christ by a fugi...