Mother Teresa of Calcutta – A Different Kind of Christian
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Winston Churchill Like Christ her master, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a source of controversy at many times during her life, and continues to be so, especially at this time … Continue reading
How to Benefit the Most from Your Spiritual Pilgrimages
The last of five blog posts about our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land (see part 1 here) PART 5 – Having it here, having it there Note: to see the images in this post full size in a new tab, simply click any image. Like our … Continue reading
We Visit the Land of Jesus’ Beginnings
The fourth of five blog posts about our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land (see part 1 here) PART 4 – Nazareth, Cana, and Galilee Note: to see the images in this post full size in a new tab, simply click any image. The Byzantine (Greek Orthodox) … Continue reading
We Discover Ancient Christianity in the Judean Desert
The third of five blog posts about our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land (see part 1 here) Part 3 – Desert Christianity Note: to see the images in this post full size in a new tab, simply click any image. In the fourth century when the … Continue reading
Discover the Unknown Lives of Jesus and Mary…and More
This month we have added several new features to OCOY.org which we would like to now share with you. The first is a new online book The Unknown Lives of Jesus and Mary, a commentary by Abbot George Burke on ancient non-biblical texts of the lives of … Continue reading
Orange Monks on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
The second of five blog posts about our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land (see part 1 here) PART 2—The Two Marys Note: to see the images in this post full size in a new tab, simply click any image. The next day we made our first … Continue reading