RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
By Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic Two ancient stories I The story of the White Christ Once upon a time, long, long ago, the first Christian missionaries came to Scandinavia from the East. They were Syrians, with pronounced dark complexions. The fair-looking…
Fr. Seraphim Rose writes concerning Princess Natalia Urusova (†1963): “…in her book, she offers a first-hand account of how Metropolitan Sergius personally, without pressure from the authorities, suggested which churches should be closed or blown up, and which clergy should…
Being a report of a conversation of St. Macarius the Alexandrian with Angels. Translated from the Greek Migne, P. G. Tome 34, Page 385. Once, as we were making a journey in the desert, we saw two angels following St.…
We hear a bishop say when he ordains a deacon or priest, “Divine Grace which heals all things and which fulfills the missing”. Certainly, our prayer is that Christ covers the shortcomings of each clergyman. However, what can we say…
source: catacombhistory.blogspot.com Father Nicholas was descended from an ancient family of princes who became poor and went over to the religious calling. His father, Deacon Michael Theoktistovich, lived in a border region of Akhtirka. He was a man of meek…
by St. John of Kronstadt Let us faithfully praise the Virgin Mary,for she is brought into the Holy of Holies,to be raised in the Lord. Ekos from Matins On this day, my brethren, the holy Church celebrates the solemn Entry…
by Dr. Vladimir Moss The clergy exiled to Solovki usually spent some time in the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Kremlin, and then in the sixth company. Among them was Fr. Nicodemus. Stooped, approaching 80, he was nevertheless fit and healthy…
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Early Years St. Edmund, one of the greatest and most famous of the British saints, lived and suffered during the ninth century, one of the most tragic and difficult moments of British history, when the pagan Danes…
by Saint Ignatius (Briantchaninov) Do you wish to see the Lord Jesus Christ? Come and see, says His Apostle (Jn. 1, 46). Our Lord Jesus Christ has promised to be with His Disciples till the end of the world (Matt.…
