RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
1. The announcement of Lent is to be welcomed with joy, because it is a remedy for the ills of our souls. Fasting and abstinence produce an infinity of goods, while intemperance has brought into the world sin and death.…
Saint Isaac (+ 1090), in the world Chern’, was prior to monasticism a rich merchant in the city of Toropets in the Pskov lands. Having distributed all his substance to the poor, he went to Kiev and took monastic vows…
Преподобный Исаакий († 1090), в миру Чернь, до иночества был богатым купцом в городе Торопце Псковской земли. Раздав все имение нищим, пришел в Киев и принял постриг от преподобного Антония. Проводил самую строгую жизнь в затворе, питаясь просфорой, и то…
While struggling resolutely against the most minute manifestations of evil and sin in our own souls, let us not fear to uncover and point out evil everywhere where it is to be found in modern life-not from pride and self-love,…
Place and Time of Writing. The place from which St. Peter wrote his first epistle is indicated as Babylon (5.13). The Roman Catholics, in affirming that the holy Apostle Peter was for 25 years bishop in Rome, wish to see…
