About this blog

Welcome to the orthodoxkansas.org blog. This blog is authored by the clergy of the Kansas Deanery of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America. The administrators hope the blog will be used for both spiritually edifying posts (whether original or from patristic sources) and parish announcements.

History of the Feast of the Three Hierarchs

During the reign of the Emperor Alexius Comnenus (1081-1118), a controversy arose in Constantinople among men learned in the Faith & zealous for virtue about the 3 holy Hierarchs & Fathers of the Church, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian & John Chrysostom. Some argued for St. Basil [known as Basilians] above the other 2 [...]

St. Anthony the Great of Egypt (selections from the Life by St. Athansius)

Perhaps the most effective tactic adopted by the adversary of man’s salvation has been to blind man to the reality of the spiritual warfare being waged for possession of his soul. We have consequently be-come spiritually flabby & easy prey for the enemy. To escape such a perilous condition we would do well to contemplate [...]