

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe


Another Greek “Bishop” celebrates Iftar Every Year. Living Peacefully with Muslims Shouldn’t Include Attending their “feasts” and Prayers
“Metropolitan” Nathaniel of Kos and Nisyros (Greek Islands) wanting to honor the tradition of the Muslims, wished them warmly for Ramadan and took part in the typicon of prayer and food and wished them that “God bless them and may…

How to make vegan Mayo | 3 INGREDIENTS ***OIL FREE***
Still about 9 “no oil” days left in this year’s Great and Holy Lent!

Realize Heaven on Earth ~ St. John Chrysostom
we must desire heaven, but before heaven is granted, Christ orders us to realize heaven on earth, to behave on earth as if we were in heaven and to carry in our prayers the concern of the whole world. ~…

ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΤ’ ΕΠΙΧΥΣΙΝ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑ;
ὑπὸ μοναχοῦ τινὸς ἐξ᾽Ἁγίου Ὄρους

Two “Greater Than All” Quotes that Every Orthodox Christian Should Keep in Mind
“Greater than all the virtues is discernment” ~St. John Abbot of Sina, Author of the “Ladder of Divine Ascent” “Greater than all the ascetic feats is obedience” ~St. Syncletica

The Matter is Explained by St. Gregory Palamas in a Couple of Short Sentences
Saint Gregory Palamas reminds us, “Truly as many belong to the Church of Christ belong to truth and those who belong not to truth, they belong not to the Church of Christ. All the more so these ones lie to…

Making Wishes….Without a Genie. The “Metropolitan” of Didymoteicho, Greece Pays His Best Wishes to the Grand Moufti
The “Metropolitan” of Didymoteicho, Orestias, and Souflion didn’t lose the oppurtunity to go to visit the Grand Mufti of Didymoteicho Osman Hamza and to wish him a Happy Bayram for Eid al-Fitr for the end of Ramadan.

HOLY HIEROMARTYR TIMOTHY OF BASHKIRIA (+1930)
Priest Timothy Porfiryevich Strelkov was born on January 15, 1880 in the village of Atyazhkino, Pomayevskaya volost, Buinsky uyezd, Simbirsk province, in a Mordovian peasant family. He went to a village and a city school, and then to Simbirsk pedagogical seminary. Then he…

Fasting Before Holy Communion
“In older days, many Christians were receiving Holy Communion, especially before Pascha, without preparation. The Fathers, seeing the harm that was being caused by this, established the 40 days of fasting and prayer as a preparation.” -St. John Chrysostom (Against…