

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe


Great and Holy Monday – St. Joseph the All-Comely
Kontakion and Ikos Holy Monday Matins. Tone 8: Jacob lamented the loss of Joseph, / but his righteous son was seated in a chariot and honored as a king. / For he was not enslaved to the pleasures of Egypt,…

SERMON ON THE LORD’S ENTRANCE TO JERUSALEM BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP TIKHON FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH – Unofficial Translation
2021, Kogalym Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them…

On Lazarus Saturday – A Sermon by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)
“In the same way we cry to Thee, O Conqueror of death: Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord” (Troparion (hymn) sung on Lazarus Saturday). Great is this Holy Day, brothers and sisters!…



Homily on the 5th Sunday of Great Lent by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko, 1893-1978)
“This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting (Mk. 9:29). So if you will remember, last Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Gospel proclaimed to us: “This kind can come forth by nothing, but…

Saint Faro – April 3
Saint Faro (or Burgundofaro; died c. 675 AD), Count of Guines, was bishop of Meaux. The family to which Faro belonged is known as the Faronids and is named after him. Burgundofaro was of an ancient noble Burgundian family. His brothers were Saint Waldebert, count of Guines, Ponthieu, and Saint-Pol who became…

Homily Sixth on Genesis by St. John Chrysostom. Why did God Create Day When He did and Why He Created the Stars.
SIXTH HOMILY. And God said, “Let bodies of light be made in. the firmament of heaven, and they light the earth, so that they separate the day and the night and that they serve as signs to mark the times…

Sermon on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (St. John of the Ladder by Archbishop Andrew (Rymarenko)
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away:…