

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Year 2020


The Secret Life of Abbess Antonina
From the life of Saint Antonina the Abbess: catacombhistory.blogspot.com An Abbess of the Catacomb Church during Soviet times. When her time of sentence was over, a group of twelve nuns formed a monastic community under her direction and went to…

SAINT MOLUOG OF LISMORE
Commemorated: June 25 /July 8 by Dmitry Lapa St. Moluog (also known as Moluoc, Moluag, Molua, Molloch, Lugaidh and under other forms)[1] was an Irishman destined to become one of the most venerated saints in Scotland. He was born in about…


All You Need To Know to Revere St. Alban The Protomartyr of Britain.
Saint Alban (or Albanus), the protomartyr of Britain, was a Roman citizen who lived at Verulamium (modern Saint Albans), a few miles northwest of London, during a time of persecution. Nothing is known about his family or his occupation. The…

How “Every Good Giving and Every Perfect Gift Coming from Above” Can Balance Our Spiritual Life
James 1:17 is a verse of scripture that Orthodox Christians recognize. It is used in the Prayer behind the Ambon (pulpit) that is said towards the very end of the Divine Liturgy. The verse itself and also the “Prayer behind…

Some Gifts Are Actually Loans with a Steep Interest Rate
“Orthodox” Times has the following to say: And we all know the payback…. Friday, July 3, 2020 Pope of Rome helps fund first Orthodox monastery in Austria (Orthodox Times) – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will lay the foundation stone of the…


Our Father Among the Saints Paisius the Great of Egypt
Source: iconandlight Commemorated June 19 VersesI call you an Angel O Paisios,Not by nature but by your unusual life. Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Paisios the Great was from the village of Shansa in Egypt and born in 320. His parents were…

SAINT NECTAN, MONK-MARTYR OF HARTLAND AND HIS HOLY SIBLINGS
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our holy Father Nectan was born in the fifth century, being the oldest child of Prince Brychan of Brecon in Wales and his wife Gladys. Before begetting Nectan, Brychan went off to live the ascetical life…