Father Basil
@GeekOrthodox
ROCOR #Orthodox Deacon, IT Guy, Nerd, Writer, Historian, Catechist, Pirate, Biker and Artist | Ecclesiological Zealot #DigitalOrthodoxy
Becoming Orthodox (How to join the #Orthodox Church) youtu.be/n5iyZZqpRYg?si…
When you fall, you must rise again. When you cease to rise that is when you truly fall.
Self portrait from when I worked at @MediacomCable down in Navarre, FL. Circa 2012
If you go riding in this heat today make sure you drink plenty of water. Even with a ballistic mesh jacket on I'm sweating.
Today we commemorate St. Elizabeth the new martyr, whose relics are contained within the antimins on our altar at Church. Saint Elizabeth was the older sister of Tsarina Alexandra, and was married to the Grand Duke Sergius, the governor of Moscow. She converted to Orthodoxy from…
Please donate, if you are able, as the work in Texas continues to recover and restore.
DAY 11 - From The Remnant Team – Texas Flood Recovery We are now eleven days into what may become the most sobering chapter of Texas history. Back-to-back evacuations. Sheets of rain. Floodwaters rising again to match the original surge. Morale is shaken—not from lack of…
This is what "do not judge" means. However, we can argue the veracity of Truth. If someone is wrong, you can tell them they are wrong. If someone is doing something wrong, by all means correct them. If someone is in sin, we can point it out. Simply correcting a person is not…
I have been to his grave. I have read his master's thesis. He was my second choice if I had not been allowed to take Basil for some reason.
This is worth giving it a watch or listen. youtube.com/watch?v=4v2gCF…
So, I asked Grok this question, purely curious what response it would give me. I gave it no other prompts, questions, or resources: Which Christian sect has remain constant in its theology and faithful in its expression of worship over the last 2 millennia After providing…
Sometimes Truth is not kind, but speaking Truth itself is an act of love.
HOMILY: We must choose life Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. God is One! Amen In today’s Gospel reading we hear the story of the Gadarene Demoniacs. It is a story that is repeated in all three of the synoptic Gospels, though with minor differences…
I wonder when @DanPatrick is going to do something useful for those affected by the flooding in Texas. Please support @melfryzel, and help her help those in need. She is a hard working and faithful Orthodox Christian serving the people in greatest need in the wake of the…
TEXAS FLOOD CRISIS – FIRST WEEK COMPARISON Dan Patrick vs. Me, an everyday Texan DAN PATRICK (Lt. Governor): – Issued no field deployment – Gave no urgent public briefings – Failed to visit flooded communities – Announced a committee (that will likely leverage MY work) –…
We must find stillness in all things. The world is noisy, and seems to exist to create more noise: visual noise, audio noise, intellectual noise, and so on. We must learn to be still and know that He is God.
