Monthly Archives: March 2011

Phanar Says “No Vuvuzelas for Vassula”

This from Wednesday, January 18, 2006: Comments have been steadily flowing in from Vassula devotees since I put a moratorium on their comments on this blog. According to Sitemeter, her followers spend time googling blogs on the World Wide Web … Continue reading

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MARCH 25th: Flannery & Feast

It’s the birthday of Flannery O’Connor [Savannah, Georgia (1925)] who wrote two novels and 32 short stories and who said: “I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, … Continue reading

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A Prot, an RC, and an Orthodox walk into a … Conference

Click the above image to enlarge. Here’s the INFO and REGISTRATION. NEW – Updated Schedule! Co-sponsored by Houston Baptist University, Pope John Paul II Forum, University of St. Thomas, Orthodox Clergy Association of Southeast Texas, and TOUCHSTONE Magazine. Hope to … Continue reading

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St Theophan the Recluse on [Not] Fasting

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come of out of him, those are they that defile the man ([St.] Mark 7:15). This and similar passages – for example, … Continue reading

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No Poo in My Hood!

For those of you who are regulars to the Orthodixie Podcast, please forgive my recent absence and dearth of new episodes. I could offer multiple excuses but … The truth is: Ladies and Gentlemen, my microphone – “Big Mic” – … Continue reading

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