RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Истинно-Православная Церковь (другое ее название – Катакомбная Церковь) как ветвь Поместной Русской Церкви организационно начала свое формирование в кон. 20-х – нач. 30-х гг. ХХ в. Она образовалась в результате отказа большинства епископата и духовенства Русской Церкви от сотрудничества с коммунистическим богоборческим…
Επιστολή Αποστόλου Παύλου – Προς Κορίνθιους Α’, ΙΣΤ'(16) 13-24
Γρηγορεῖτε, στήκετε ἐν τῇ πίστει, ἀνδρίζεσθε, κραταιοῦσθε.
πάντα ὑμῶν ἐν ἀγάπῃ γινέσθω.
But the slaves enjoyed living and laboring in this vineyard so much that they began to feel that the place belonged to them.
Bishop Philaretos Depending on which local Church we are talking about, starting in about 1920 (here I choose to use the year that the infamous “Encyclical of 1920 of the Ecumenical Patriarchate” was written), the hierarchs who had the name…
Meletios Pigas was an amazing church personality of the 16th century. He was Patriarch of Alexandria (1590 – 1601) and was Locum Tenens of the Patriarchate of Constantinople for one year (April 1597 to April 1598). He was born to…
[171] THERE is no one in existence who is able to praise worthily the holy death of God’s Mother, even if he should have a thousand tongues and a thousand mouths. Not if all the most eloquent tongues could be…
by St. John of Damascus [147] THE memory of the just takes place with rejoicing, said Solomon, the wisest of men; for precious in God’s sight is the death of His saints, according to the royal* David. If, then, the memory…
The Most-Holy Virgin, the Mother of God, lived for some fifteen or twenty years following the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven. During this time, she was as a wanderer fervently wishing to return to her homeland, preparing…
Protopresbyter John Yanishev Thank you to Brother Michael A. Points of Difference between the Orthodox and the Protestant religious teachings: 1) The Orthodox Church recognizes as a source of divine revelation of Truth not only Holy Scripture but also Holy…
A terrible picture is drawn for us by this Sunday’s Gospel. It begins with the folio wing words: “Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants” (Mt. 18:23). Among those…
