Three Years: An Addendum to The Pilgrim Essays

It is a bit more than a month away from the calendar anniversary of my reception into the Orthodox Church by chrismation. The liturgical anniversary this year will fall very close to the calendar date. As I have done each year since, I want the influence of more time and experience to work its energies [...]

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Reflections on the Second Anniversary of My Chrismation

As I noted last year, I continue to experience the timely providences of God. Like last year, the calendar anniversary of my reception into the Orthodox Church via chrismation (the sacramental anointing with holy oil) falls before the liturgical anniversary. (Pentecost 2007 was 27 May, the Sunday before Memorial Day. This year, Pentecost is 7 [...]

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It’s Deja Vu All Over Again

I have four podcasts from Ancient Faith Radio that I listen to “religiously”: Fr Thomas Soroka’s The Path, Jerome Atherholt’s The Saint of the Day, Steve Robinson’s and Bill Gould’s Our Life in Christ (in fact my devotion to OLIC predates AFR’s existence to c. 2002), and Kevin Allen’s The Illumined Heart. (Of course, I [...]

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Becoming Orthodox, One Year Later

Today is the calendar anniversary of my chrismation, 27 May, which arrives before the liturgical anniversay, Pentecost (which is almost a month later this year, 15 June, or Father’s Day). Such is the way of moveable feasts. I would never have expected to have the sort of first year as Orthodox as I have had. [...]

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Third Pilgrim Essay Revised

The third of my three Pilgrim Essays, The Journey to Antioch, has been significantly revised and updated.

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On a Pentecost Chrismation

In the face of two distinct risks, I begin this post by saying: I’m quite happy with the fact that God ordained we would come into the Church on Pentecost.  First of all, it’s simply stating a rather obvious, if not always accomplished, imperative: Anything God ordains should make me happy.  But secondly, the statement, [...]

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Serendipitous Coincidence: St Augustine of Canterbury and Our Chrismations

It happens that St. Augustine of Canterbury’s feast day was spread over this entire Pentecost weekend.  On Saturday, Anglicans and Orthodox celebrated his feast.  On Sunday, Rome celebrated.  And yesterday (according to my St. James calendar hanging on my wall at work) his feast was celebrated on Traditional Western calendars (not sure who that includes). [...]

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Some Incoherent Beginning Thoughts Reflecting on Our Chrismations

Wow. That’s pretty much it: Wow. But if you want more, go past the jump.

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Into the Fold

Today, Anna and I were chrismated into the one, holy, catholic, apostolic and orthodox Church. Thanks be to God! The girls’ baptisms will wait for another day. More details to come. Pray for us, the newly illumined Benedict Seraphim and Genevieve.

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Healy Saints

Clifton: Benedict of Nursia (and here) [14 March] and Father Seraphim Rose [2 September] Anna: Genevieve of Paris (stub @ OrthodoxWiki) and Genevieve of Paris and Icon of St Genevieve and St. Genevieve of Paris and Troparion and Kontakion to St. Genevieve in French and Moleben to St Genevieve in French [3 January] Sofie: St. [...]

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