Historic First Divine Liturgy To Be Served at St. Basil’s Mission on July 13
Yesterday morning we received an encouraging email from Preist Michael Storozuk, rector of St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church in Denison, TX. He informed us that after hearing our story and seeing our website, he felt convicted to come and serve the Divine Liturgy here at St. Basil’s in Weatherford. We’re honored, blessed and very…
Read MoreChristianity Today Interviews Orthodox Hierarch, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
Evangelical magazine, Christianity Today, published an interview today with Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of Great Britain. Metropolitan Kallistos answered several difficult questions about the state of Orthodoxy in the West, the Orthodox approach to evangelism, as well as her involvement in “social justice.” Here is one of the questions: Q: In open countries where Orthodoxy has…
Read MoreMission Journal – Entry 2
Today after Matins we went to coffee at what is becoming our regular place. If you’ve ever been to a downtown Portland, OR or Soho coffee shop you’ll be able to visualize the place…I had seen the owner twice before when we were there but hadn’t introduced myself – preferring instead to wait until he’s…
Read MoreRead Our Interview on “Byzantine, Texas”
Intrigued by the unique efforts of Saint Basil the Great Orthodox Mission, Joseph, author of Orthodox Christian blog “Byzantine, Texas,” recently asked us several questions about this mission. He was kind enough to post the interview to his blog which you can read here. Here is one of the questions: What are the current and…
Read MoreMission Journal – Entry 1
We did Matins today and R showed up again. We had a wonderful Prologue reading that allowed a great discussion – at least I thought so. After we had a cup of coffee (again, in our cassocks) we stopped by R’s business to drop off a few items he loaned the mission and ask him…
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