

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe


SAINT HYBALD, ABBOT OF HYBALDSTOW
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our Holy Father Hybald was born in the late 630s. In his youth, he was probably a monk in Lindisfarne, where he got to know St. Egbert, the future abbot of Iona. At some time he…

ON HUMILITY AND THE TRUE CONFESSION
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Ecumenists often accuse the Orthodox of being proud because they claim to have the truth about God and the Church. This is a superficially plausible accusation which turns out to undermine the whole concept of “knowing…

“Why aren’t you here?”
by Nursen Yildrim I was smoking in the garden of the mental hospital. Out of curiosity, I guess, I somehow found myself there. I came face-to-face with a man who behaved quite normally, and I thought he was in his…

True Wisdom from a Kindergarten Child of our Diocese
In all truth, heretics are not friends of Christ as heresy is animosity with God. However, the delightful way a child of our diocese defended our Holy Faith is truly remarkable! His nun-teacher at a Catholic school was saying, “We…

The Lord Did Not Say, “Do Not Work, Do Not Eat, Do Not Drink,” but Rather, Let Not Your Heart Be Weighed Down With This
by St. Theophan the Recluse [Heb. 7:1-6; Luke 21:28-33] And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.…

A Reader of our Church Gives Solemn Thoughts on the Persecution of our Times
I have a thought that the persecution we face now is of a different type, more subtle. We are, in a way, protected by the unbelief of the many – almost no one believes in the Church, if they did…


Παρακλητικός Κανών Αγίου Σάββα του Ηγιασμένου
Ὁ Ἱερεύς: Εὐλογητός ὁ Θεός ἠμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καί ἀεί καί εἰς τούς αἰώνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ὁ Ἀναγνώστης: Ἀμήν. Ψαλμός ρμβ΄ (142) Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, ἐνώτισαι τήν δέησίν μου ἐν τή ἀληθεία σου, εἰσάκουσόν μου ἐν τή δικαιοσύνη σού• καί…

2022 Holy Land RTOC Pilgrimage – Basilica of the Nativity, St. Symeon the God-Receiver, the Relic of St. Savva, the Cistern of St. Helena,
The Basilica of the Holy Nativity The Church and Tomb of St. Symeon the God-receiver Called Katamonas The Relic of St. Savva the Sanctified The Cistern of St. Helena for water for the building of the Church of the Holy…