RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP TIKHON, FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH 2021, Omsk, Siberia In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Today, on the day of the feast of the…
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives. Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and…
“With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.” Dr. Seuss A “priest” of the under-construction Church of the Panagia Stratigissa, Alexandroupoli, Greece tries to commune people straight…
Shakespeare — TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ACT 5 SCENE 4, LINE 125; VALENTINE TO THURIO The Synod of GOC Kallinikos defrocked Bishop Akakije as a priest. The text reads The First-degree Synodal Court for priests placed the punishment of defrocking…
“The Cross of the Lord is unpleasant and sorrowful to the ear, but it consists of joy and gladness. It is the originator, not so much of suffering as much as of passionlessness. For Jews the Cross is temptation, for…
Our father among the saints Andrew of Crete was Archbishop of Crete at the end of the 7th century and the beginning of the 8th. He was a true luminary of the Church, a great hierarch—a theologian, teacher, and hymnographer,…
Newsroom 17.09.2021 • 14:57 Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the Holy Eparchial Synod clarified on Thursday that there is no religious exemption from any vaccine, including the one against Covid-19. “Although some may be exempt from the vaccination for clear…
