Posted in Ecology, Emmaus, History, Mission, Podcasts, tagged Emmaus, History, Ireland, localism, Mission, Podcasts, scotland, thin places on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A fascinating event held recently at St. Paul’s was this seminar and discussion led by Prof. Alfred Siewers of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (referenced in this previous post). You can now listen to both parts of the recording made of the seminar via Ancient Faith Radio:
Part One—the bulk of the seminar, introduced by [...]
Posted in Emmaus, tagged Emmaus, localism on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I remarked to my wife the other day that I now really don’t want to live anywhere but in Emmaus (we live in Allentown for the moment but hope that that will change in the next few years). I have started referring to this place occasionally as “my Emmaus.” (The genitive case is, [...]
Posted in Ecology, Emmaus, tagged Emmaus, History, Lehigh Valley, photography, thin places on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Emmaus, History, tagged Emmaus, encounters, History, localism, names on August 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This past Friday, I made another assay into the streets of and around Emmaus to find myself a decent barber shop. My first haircut experience in Emmaus, to put it frankly, hurt. I have no idea exactly why that gent had such a need to dig the clippers with such fervor into my [...]
Posted in Emmaus, History, Mission, tagged Emmaus, History, Mission on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday the 15th of August, after we completed services for the Dormition, members of the Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, manned a booth at the festival marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Borough of Emmaus. One could say that we are a church obsessed with history, and so it is [...]
Posted in Emmaus, tagged Emmaus, names, personhood on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The image above is of the Knauss Homestead, one of the founding family homes in Emmaus, established in 1777. It was the patriarch of the clan, Sebastian Knauss, who first donated land in 1759 on which Emmaus was to be built. The Homestead property borders directly on that of St. Paul Orthodox Church, [...]
Posted in Emmaus, Mission, tagged coffee, Emmaus, localism, Mission on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My koumbaro (fancy Greek term for “ecclesiastical relative,” in this case, my daughter’s godfather) is visiting with us here for a few days, and this afternoon, he and I visited my favorite local coffeehouse to get a little caffeination and chat in. While we were there, we talked a bit with the proprietor, as [...]
Posted in Ecology, Emmaus, Sermons, tagged Emmaus, Lehigh Valley, localism, Sermons, thin places on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 5, 2009
Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Yesterday was the 233rd anniversary of our country. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the town of Emmaus and its 150th anniversary as an incorporated borough [...]
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