THE DAILY PODVIG
Eastern Orthodox Christian Humor and Satire
Signs You’ve Been Orthodox a While
1. You rank parishes by which one has the nicest incense. 2. When your kids are misbehaving, there's this one old lady you're afraid will come shush them even though you've forgotten she died ten years ago. 3. You've been guilty of the sin of liturgical disruption at...
Couple suffers discord over Orthodox ebooks
After twenty years of wedded bliss living in a small apartment full of books, an Orthodox couple’s marriage has been challenged by the purchase of too many ebooks.
At first, Emerentiana Wilson thought there was something wrong with her husband’s ebook reader as he racked up hundreds of dollars of charges buying ebooks they already owned in paper form.
Parish to observe Fourth of July on Old Calendar
Dear Parish Members, As I’m sure you know, the Fourth of July always falls during the Apostles’ Fast for those of us who observe the Old Style Calendar. Bishop Vladikos made it clear at this year’s clergy retreat that he has gotten tired of getting requests for...
Exhausted faster just can’t Lent any longer
An extreme case of Lenten despair required intervention from friends and neighbors at Duwamish College on last week.