

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe


Quote from Today’s Saint – Theodore the Studite
“For it is a commandment of the Lord not to be silent at a time when the Faith is in jeopardy. Speak, Scripture says, and hold not thy peace….”

What You Should Be Doing When You Look at the Sky
“When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God’s feet and adore Him who in His wisdom has arranged things in this way. Similarly, when the sun goes down and when it rises,…


St. John Chrysostom on Acts 2:1
Until the day in which he was taken up after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen Acts 2:1 “Until the day when he was taken up”: He does not say, ‘ascended;’…

On the Day of the Falling Asleep of St. Philaret Metropolitan of New York
Troparion Tone IV From childhood thou gavest thyself wholly to the Lord, abiding in prayer, labors and fasting, O God-bearing Philaret, and becamest a model of shining virtue for thy flock; therefore, beholding thy pious disposition, God appointed thee a…

SERMON ON THE SYNAXIS OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL -ST JOHN OF KRONSTADT
The angels’ mission in people’s lives In the matter of God’s providence towards mankind, there must be intermediaries between people and God from the spiritual world, (since mankind occupies a middle ground between the spiritual and the physical worlds), who…

An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles by St. John Chrysostom
The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, – Acts 1:1 To many persons this Book is so little known, both it and its author, that they are not even aware…

IN DUTCH – SAINT PHILARET OF NEW YORK, THE NEW CONFESSOR – LENTEN EPISTLE TO PATRIARCH ATHENAGORAS (1968).
21 mei / 3 juni 1968UW HEILIGHEID: Op de vreugdevolle dag van Pascha, wanneer onze Heilige Kerk de Feestdagen en het Feest der Feesten viert, kondigen alle Primaten van de Heilige Kerken van God hun kudden de vreugde van de…
