Welcome to my blog! I started this part of the blogosphere on July 21th, 2003. Saint Basil of Kineshma (July 31st) is the patron saint of this blog.
I am a married Eastern Orthodox Christian Scouter (Volunteer & Professional Scout Leader) with 3 children. I am an American by birth and Irish, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Scandinavian, German, British, Syrian, and Jewish by genetics. My first born child is part Native American Indian and my second and third born children are both half Han Chinese.
If you'd like to pray for my family, which I would greatly appreciate, our patron saints are:
My godfather is Serbian, so our family has adopted a Slava of the Royal Martyrs of Russia (July 17th), which is fitting since we all descend from royalty.
Learning, teaching, reading, writing, mentoring others, and conservation are among my many positive passions beyond Orthodoxy and Scouting. Besides salvation for my family and myself, my biggest goal is leaving the world a better place than when I entered it. Part of that goal is achieved by participation in Scouting, where I am involved in many positions on all levels from the local unit to the district, council, area, region, national, and international levels.
Some of the many positions that I serve in Scouting currently include:
Originally this blog was called "Insane Ramblings and Orthodox Ecclesiology". At the time it was a fitting name, as I had more insane ramblings than Eastern Orthodox Christian Ecclesiology (which I define as Orthodox Christian Theology, Praxis, Dogma, & Patristics). I have had multiple short-term blogs over the years, so the blog you see now also includes some of the content from those blogs including "iNicholas", "Yellow Dog iBook", "Ubuntu PowerMac", "This Too Was Dugg By...", and my old unnamed LiveJournal.I am a married Eastern Orthodox Christian Scouter (Volunteer & Professional Scout Leader) with 3 children. I am an American by birth and Irish, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Scandinavian, German, British, Syrian, and Jewish by genetics. My first born child is part Native American Indian and my second and third born children are both half Han Chinese.
If you'd like to pray for my family, which I would greatly appreciate, our patron saints are:
- Saint Nicholas of Japan (February 16th)
- Saint Alexandra the Empress (April 23rd)
- Saint Anastasia the Great-Martyr (December 22nd)
- Saint Daniel the Prophet (December 17th)
- Saint Cyril of Alexandria (June 9th)
My godfather is Serbian, so our family has adopted a Slava of the Royal Martyrs of Russia (July 17th), which is fitting since we all descend from royalty.
Learning, teaching, reading, writing, mentoring others, and conservation are among my many positive passions beyond Orthodoxy and Scouting. Besides salvation for my family and myself, my biggest goal is leaving the world a better place than when I entered it. Part of that goal is achieved by participation in Scouting, where I am involved in many positions on all levels from the local unit to the district, council, area, region, national, and international levels.
Some of the many positions that I serve in Scouting currently include:
- DESMOS (The International Link of Orthodox Christian Scouts) Member
- BSA (Boy Scouts of America) Southern Region EOCS (Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting) Outreach Coordinator
- NTEOCS (North Texas [BSA Southern Region, Area 2] EOCS) Religious Emblems Advisor
- NTEOCS (North Texas [BSA Southern Region, Area 2] EOCS) Committee Chairman
- Circle Ten Council Venturing & Sea Scouts Assistant Roundtable Commissioner
- Circle Ten Council Religious Emblem Coordinator for Sea Scouts & Venturing
- Circle Ten Council Religious Relationships Committee Member
- Elm Fork District Cub Scouts Roundtable Commissioner
- Elm Fork District Religious Emblem Coordinator
- Cub Scout Pack Advancement Coordinator
- Unit Religious Emblem Coordinator
- Sea Scout Ship Committee Chair
- Webelos Den Leader
Eventually I blogged mostly about Orthodox Christian Ecclesiology, and as such, the blog was renamed, "Orthodox Ecclesiology and The World". The World was included in the title because I continued to occasionally blog about worldly things like my family, Scouting, exercise, dieting, health, politics, work, music, soccer (Association Football) and American Football (especially the NFL's Green Bay Packers), etc.. Years later, the name later changed yet again to "The Orthodox Scouter", as my content continued to evolve, and now has more content about Cub Scouts BSA, Boy Scouts BSA, Sea Scouts BSA, STEM Scouts BSA, Venturing BSA, Exploring BSA, Scouting BSA, and even Girl Scouts USA, but timeless Eastern and Ancient Western Orthodox Ecclesiology continues and will always remain the largest and most fundamental part of this blog.
The URL to this blog has also changed multiple times over the years. I likewise have changed the design often as well. Most recently, before going to a solid dark navy (#1a1b29 the color of the super sharp Sea Scouts BSA Uniforms) background for a while, there was a gold leaf background that I had used for many years. Prior to that, the blog had a light blue Orthodox Christian Clerical vestments designs that was a background that I had originally designed for the old Saint Basil of Kineshma Russian Orthodox Church website that I was the webmaster for. As of Summer 2019 there is a Venturing Forest Green background and theme. "KaruZone" from Fiverr made the new site logo in 2019. If you like it, please go visit him and let him know. He'll make logos for your site, with unlimited revisions for only about $25!
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