RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
in the Fatherland and in the diaspora Christ is born; glorify Him!Christ comes from heaven; come to welcome Him!Christ is on earth; lift up your hearts!(Irmos of the 1st Ode, Nativity Canon) The Holy Orthodox Church always has – and most…
Diocese of Western Europe Nativity Epistle 2019 “The mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations has now been revealed to His saints.” (Colossians 1:26) Dear brethren, So does the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Colossians, call…
On October 19, 1829, in the far north of Russia, a weak and sickly child, named John (Ioann), was born in the family of Ilia Sergiyev, church reader in the village of Sura in the Archangelsk province. This child was…
Written by Dr. Vladimir Moss CAN WORKS WITHOUT FAITH BE GOOD? The Holy Scriptures teach us that faith without works is dead, but also that works without faith are fruitless for salvation, however many and great those works are. “A…
Saint Lucy was born in Syracuse, Sicily during the reign of Diocletian. She distributed her wealth to the poor, and made a vow of virginity. Since she refused to marry him, a rejected suitor denounced her to the prefect Paschasius…
Saint Daniel the Stylite was born in the village of Bethara, near the city of Samosata in Mesopotamia. His mother Martha was childless for a long while and in her prayers she vowed that if she had a child, she…
Man’s primary responsibility in relation to God is love for Him. This love was commanded in the Old Testament where it was said: “Love the Lord, thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all…
Metropolitan Philaret: On the Separation of the ROCOR and the Paris Archdiocese MessageFirst Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church AbroadRussian Orthodox archpastors, pastors, parishes and Russian Orthodox people in Western Europe and in all countries of dispersion. “So, I, a…
