

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe


Saint Sava of Serbia
By Priest Aleksandar Radunovic Saint Sava, born as Rastko Nemanjić, saw the light of this world in the year 1174, in the cold month of January, in the capital of the Serbian state, Ras. His father, Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja,…

المجمع المسكوني الأول وتاريخ الفصح.
في عام ٢٠٢٥، سيحتفل العديد من المسيحيين بالذكرى الـ ١٧٠٠ للمجمع المسكوني الأول، الذي عقد في نيقية عام ٣٢٥ م. من الصواب حقاً الاحتفال بهذا الحدث الضخم، الذي أيد الإيمان الحقيقي وأنشأ المبادئ الأساسية لحياة الكنيسة. ومع ذلك، فمن المفارقات…

The Light of Georgia – Saint Nina the Enlightener († 335)
By RTOC Priest Aleksandar Radunovic In the age when Georgia was shrouded in the darkness of paganism, during the terrible persecutions of Christians under the Roman Empire, God, in His ineffable love for all, chose a virgin from a noble…

Saint Gregory of Nyssa
by Priest Aleksandar Radunovic A profound theologian and mystic, is one of the greatest minds and luminaries of the Orthodox Church. Born around 335 in a pious family in Neocaesarea, which produced many saints, Gregory displayed an early inclination toward…

The Baptism of Christ and the Baptism of Christians
By Archimandrite Hariton (Gotca) Abbot of the Sacred Monastery of St. Nectarie, Cetateni, Romania ¨ As many as you have baptized in Christ, you have also clothed yourself in Christ ¨ Beloved Christians With the blessing…

The First Ecumenical Council and the Date of Pascha
In 2025, many Christians will mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea in 325 AD. It is indeed right to celebrate this monumental event, which upheld the true faith and established foundational principles for Church…

Homily on St. John the Baptist
(Based on the Gospel of John, Chapter 1:29–34) by Priest Aleksandar Radunovic of the Diocese of Western Europe O holy Forerunner, voice of one crying in the wilderness, who in the valley of a fallen world lifted your eyes to…

The Mystery of Theophany: Revelation of the Holy Trinity
Priest Aleksandar Radunovic In the mystery of Theophany, in its sacred and ineffable depths, human existence encounters the revelation of God Himself as the consubstantial and indivisible Trinity. Christ’s baptism in the Jordan River is not merely a historical event…

The Feast of Theophany ; the Day of the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
By Priest Aleksandar Radunovic When we contemplate the wondrous and awe-inspiring mystery of Christ’s Baptism, which shone forth like the sun upon the banks of the Jordan, our hearts are filled with ineffable wonder and holy fear. This act, in…