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.

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

By FrDanielG, on January 16th, 2012

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 [...]

January 16th, 2012 | Category: From the Fathers, Monasticism, Saints | Leave a comment

Holy Week and Pascha on Mount Athos

By FrDanielG, on June 21st, 2011

Video from Hellas Orthodoxy

This video provides two (2) somewhat different views of the Holy Week & Paschal festival.

1. the Protaton, the catholicon, or main church of Mount Athos. Karyies is the capital of the semi-au tonomous Republic of Mount Athos. Karyies, centered on the catholicon of the Protaton, is the administrative center [...]

June 21st, 2011 | Category: Feasts, Monasticism, Spirituality | Leave a comment