RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
“Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear” (1 Peter 1:17). These words of the holy Apostle Peter have a double basis: heavenly inspiration and personal experience. Through heavenly inspiration, the simple fisherman became a teacher of the people,…
“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Mt.6:33). Everything necessary for our earthly existence will be added: food, drink, clothing. But not just added; there is one condition:…
If anyone shall pray, even in a private house, with an excommunicated person, let him also be excommunicated. 10th Canon of the holy apostles If any clergyman shall join in prayer with a deposed clergyman as if he were still…
The Virgin-Martyr Febronia suffered during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). She was raised at a monastery in the city of Sivapolis (Assyria region). The head of the women’s monastery was the Abbess Brienna, the aunt of Saint Febronia, and being…
(Expositio in Luc. I. II.) THE Angel appeared to Zacharias in the sanctuary of the temple at the right side of the altar of incense. Which same was fitting, thus he appeared in the sanctuary because he came to…
He was a soldier in the Roman army and, according to the venerable Bede, was brought to faith in Christ by a fugitive priest to whom he gave shelter. The saint exchanged clothes with the priest, allowing him to escape…
