RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Bishop Michael (Yershov) was born on September 17, 1911 (or October 12), in the village of Mamykovo in Kazan province, in a peasant family. His father, whose name was Basil, had taken part in the Russo-Japanese War, the First World…
On the Third Sunday according to the Gospel readings of St. Matthew, we celebrate the Synaxis of all the Martyrs after the Fall of Constantinople (1453).
published in Orthodox Life magazine 1960 (4) by Archimandrite Constantine Zaitsev THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLDIntervene, save, have mercy, and preserve us, O Lord, through Thy grace. As an epigraph, I have used the appeal of a liturgical prayer,…
By Dr. Vladimir Moss During the eighteenth century, in spite of the spread of Enlightenment ideas, the old despotic order still reigned in Europe; and with rulers such as Frederick the Great in Prussia and Catherine the Great in…
St. Columba of Iona Our venerable and God-bearing Father Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland (December 7, 521 – June 9, 597) (also known as Columcille, meaning “Dove of the Church”) was an Irish missionary who helped re-introduce Christianity to Scotland and the north of…
