RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
+ Ε.Φ. In many English translations of the Holy Gospel, we encounter Christ’s words rendered as: “Do not be afraid, little flock…” At first glance, this seems harmless. Yet this punctuation subtly alters the meaning of our Lord’s words and…
Иеромонах Тихон «И тогда соблазнятся многие, и друг друга будут предавать, и возненавидят друг друга… И, по причине умножения беззакония, во многих охладеет любовь; Претерпевший же до конца спасется… Итак, когда увидите мерзость запустения, реченную чрез пророка Даниила, стоящую на…
de Ieromonahul Tihon „Atunci mulți se vor sminti și se vor vinde unii pe alții și se vor urî unii pe alții… Și din pricină că se va înmulți fărădelegea, dragostea multora se va răci. Dar cel ce va răbda…
Ὑπὸ Ἱερομονάχου Τύχωνος «Καὶ τότε σκανδαλισθήσονται πολλοί, καὶ παραδώσουσιν ἀλλήλους, καὶ μισήσουσιν ἀλλήλους… Καὶ διὰ τὸ πληθυνθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν. Ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται… Ὅταν οὖν ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν…
by Hieromonk Tikhon “And then many shall be made to stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another… And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of the multitude shall grow cold. But the one…
Ε.Φ. At the heart of Orthodox Christian life stands not self-acceptance, but transfiguration. We are not called merely to recognize who we are, but to become what God created us to be. The Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord…
In the Gospel of Luke, a woman in the crowd lifts her voice and cries out in praise of the Theotokos: “Blessed is the womb that bore Thee, and the breasts that fed Thee!” (Luke 11:27) Our Lord’s response is…
By Presbyter Marco Mannino-Giorgi Some meditations on the Apostle for this Sunday, Ephesians 5:8-19.If St. Paul’s entire concept today is to be children of the Light and to fight darkness and passions (“Do not give yourselves to wine, but rather…
by Presbyter Marco Mannino-Giorgi Whoever has ever attended an Orthodox service knows that at the Divine Liturgy, as also at Vespers and Matins, in the Great Opening Litany called “of peace,” at the third petition, we hear these words: “For…
On the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, many Christians around the world were moved to see representatives of different confessions gather in that ancient city. Some expressed great enthusiasm at the sight of a “common prayer,”…
