Last year, I challenged myself to look up and post articles listing Orthodox Christian saints from the African continent. I did this each week in my “Dispatch from the Desert” post. Some were native Africans and had varied amounts of melanin in their skin. Some were from the Middle East and Eastern Europe who spent … More Saints of Africa: January
One thing that keeps black people from inquiring about and becoming catechist of the Orthodox Church is a lack of music that we are familiar with. Growing up Baptist, we never heard of Byzantine or Slavonic tones. I was working a summer job when I met someone from the Greek Orthodox Church and it was … More Living an African-American Orthodox Christian Life: Maintaining Our Musical Heritage
African Saints (from the Prologue of Ohrid) December 17 Patermuthius, Coprius, and Alexander (361-363) Patermuthius and Coprius were monks who were martyred. Alexander was a soldier who was also killed for the faith in Egypt. December 19 Elias, Probus, and Ares (308) Egyptian Christians who were martyred in Cilicia. December 24 Eugenia and those with … More Dispatch from the Desert: December 16th thru 31st
Dispatch from the Desert: December 7th thru 15th African Saints (from the Prologue of Ohrid) December 8 Patapius (7th century) He was raised by pious parents in the Egyptian city of Thebes. Patapius first tried to flee worldly vanity in the wilderness areas of his homeland. But, he fled to a hut in Constantinople when … More Dispatch from the Desert: December 7th thru 15th
Desert Fathers Dispatch 