Category Archives: Correspondence
Ask Father Vasiliy
Originally run August 8, 2003
As a change of pace from our usual articles, this being a slow news week in the Orthodox world, we instead present a feature we’ve been wanting to do for some time: a question-and-answer column featuring Fr. Vasiliy, official spokesman for the Church Overseas of Russian Orthodox Christians (or COROC), parish priest in Sydney, Australia, and father of renowned Orthodox rap star Bug Vasileivichivich. Read the rest of this entry
Guide to Orthodox Vocabulary for Catechumens and Converts
From the January, 2012, church bulletin
In Orthodoxy we use a lot of words and phrases that are not common, or are used in an uncommon way, or are from languages other than English. Some of our catechumens and convert families have expressed dismay at learning them. Here’s a handy guide to some of the ones people most commonly trip over.
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From the Choir Director to the Choir at All Saints of Kamchatka Orthodox Church
DATE: 01/15/12
FROM: Elizabeth Blankenship
TO: Kamchatka_Choir_Mailing_List@yahoo.com
SUBJECT: No Practice This Thursday
For those of you not in church this Sunday, or not paying attention, there is no choir practice this Thursday (January 19th). We will resume normal practices on the 26th. It’s important we’re all there on the 26th. We have to learn the new Cherubic Hymn since Father thinks the one we’re using now is sucky, his word not mine.
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Tea Fixes Everything
Dear Auntie Ekaterina,
I’m sorry to be writing you out of the blue like this, but Mom suggested I ask you for advice. She says it’s “over her pay grade,” but that you’ll be able to help.
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A Letter to the Youth Group at All Protestant Convert Saints of North America Orthodox Church
The following letter fell into the hands of the Onion Dome staff. We will not say how.
To the servants and handmaidens of the Lord in the high school youth group at All Protestant Convert Saints of North America Orthodox Church:
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