Monthly Archives: October 2011

St Joseph – Houston has been transformed over the past three weeks by the installation of icons in the church’s “silo style” dome. Last night, we had the blessing of the icons — complete with priest, deacon, altar boy, and … Continue reading →

Dear Father Joseph, I’m writing because you had a question asked [at a recent speaking engagement] … that I heard on an Orthodixie podcast, that I can answer and answer well. It was something like, “what do you do if … Continue reading →

Those who know me know I ain’t much on Halloween. I never was much on Halloween, even as a kid. It seemed a bit odd to me that perfectly normal devil-hating church folks would go all out, once a year, … Continue reading →

Blogging without comment here. (Note the images, about halfway down, of the 3-levels of the “silo dome” at St Joseph Church. Also, the angels surrounding the Pantocrator are, at the moment, held up with duct tape!) — Thanks to Jeff … Continue reading →

You can’t have icons without iconographers & helpers; here’s ours: Inanimate. Jennie … assisting. Dmitry … thinking. Victor and Aleko … measuring. Paints & stuff … sitting. Marking. Patterning. Tarrying. Closer. Further. Spying? Hanging. Drawing. Climbing. Guarding. Arriving. Pics courtesy … Continue reading →