Life of an Orthodox Soldier ☦

As many of you who follow my life on Facebook, and have read this blog before may know, I have been an Oblate of Saint Benedict for a number...

We have finished with the rules for praying, and we go into the governance of the monks at a monastery. Just like at a business, or even t...

This is the last chapter that deals with formal prayers. And while this chapter is short, I think it is a little profound what Saint Bened...

This next chapter is back to being short again. After this chapter, we have one more that deals with prayers and things, then things go mo...

This next chapter is not as short as the other ones that we have recently had. This chapter is a little lengthy, but it is not that long. ...

I apologize for missing two days of updates. My wife and I have been very tired as of late, so when my day is done I usually go straight t...

This next chapter deviates from what we have seen with the services thus far. This chapter talks about praying during the day. Some of my ...

In my post on Chapter 15 of the Rule of Saint Benedict, I mentioned toward the end that the West was once Orthodox. Many people - at least ...

Not much for an introduction today; I'm running out of things to say to open these short chapters. I will say this, though, and that is...

This next chapter is really short, like only 2 verses long. And again it covers the proper procedure for services.

Now, we move into the way Lauds is supposed to be conducted. Lauds is similar to Matins, or Orthros in the Eastern churches. Lauds is so ca...

So this post was here yesterday, and now it's gone. I have no idea what happened other than that I must have overwritten it with the n...

This is another short chapter that details how summer Vigils should be kept.

This next chapter covers more of how formal prayers are to be conducted.

I decided to take a break from posting yesterday and try to focus on worshiping. Our parish had its first Divine Liturgy in our new buildi...

This next chapter is quite long; longer than the others that we have seen thus far. I think that this chapter being long is a good thing gi...

This next chapter is actually very quite short, and it is on a topic that I know I have a problem with on most days.

This next chapter on our journey through the Rule covers obedience.

This chapter of the Rule covers good works. Many of my protestant readers may think that Orthodoxy is a works based religion, which is par...

I apologize for the tardiness of this post; I had the whole thing typed up with a nice intro on my Blogger app on my phone. Then it just di...