RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Why does virtue sometimes seem difficult and sin so natural? A saying attributed to Saint Gregory of Nyssa reminds us that our habits shape our desires. Through prayer, fasting, repentance, and perseverance, we can learn to resist the passions and grow in the freedom that comes from life in Christ.
The life and ecclesiastical legacy of Archbishop John (Pommers), who was murdered in 1934. A Bishop in an Age of Persecution Among the Orthodox hierarchs who suffered during the turbulent years of the twentieth century, Archbishop John (Jānis Pommers) of…
Many people welcome the truth when it comforts them, but resist it when it demands repentance. Yet Christ did not promise that truth would always make us comfortable. He promised that it would make us free. The Christian life requires us to love the truth more than our pride, our reputation, and our desire to remain unchanged.
There is a question confronting Orthodox Christians with increasing urgency: Can the Church change her Tradition in order to accommodate the modern world? We hear the language everywhere: “The Church must adapt.” “We must reinterpret Tradition.” “We cannot remain trapped…
A reflection for the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross There is something profoundly prodigious about the Cross. The world sees an instrument of death.The Church sees the source of life. The world sees defeat.The Church…
De către Arhimandritul Adrian (Înainte de a citi cuvântul de mai jos, vă îndemn, pe cât vă este cu putință, să citiți mai întâi Viața Sfântului Sfințit Mucenic Aftonom, pe care îl prăznuim astăzi, 12/25 septembrie, sau să ascultați înregistrarea…
In the Gospel of Mark, Christ’s presence with wild beasts during His forty days in the wilderness highlights His role as the New Adam. Unlike the first Adam who fell in Paradise, Christ resists temptation in a hostile environment, signaling…
If at this very moment we were to uncover the slab of a most decent tomb, and someone within were to speak to us, the very first word he would utter would be “VANITY.” And he would say: O mortal,…
