

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Category Catacomb Church


HIEROCONFESSOR THEODORE (RAFANOVICH) OF KHYMY by Vladimir Moss
HIEROCONFESSOR THEODORE (RAFANOVICH) OF KHYMY Archimandrite Theodore, in the world Theodore Andreyevich Rafanovich, was born in Belorussia in the village of Khanichi in Mogilev region. Once as a child he wandered into the rye and came across a wolf. Thinking…

We Can’t Help But Be Inspired by The Nuns of Shamordino.
The Nuns of Shamordinoin Solovki Prison AND THE MIRACLE OF THEIR MANLINESS Commemorated November 12 Upon him who labors—God sheds mercy, but he who loves acquires consolation. Elder Ambrose of Optina In the summer of 1929, there came to Solovki about…

Catacomb Matushka Maria Martyr of Gatchina Offers the Consolation Needed Also for These Difficult Days
Matushka Maria of Gatchina THE CONSOLING CATACOMB ELDRESS Commemorated January 26 (†1930)Intense sorrows, like gold in the furnace, purify the soul, give it life, fortify and temper it. -St. Joseph of Petrograd Some thirty miles from Petrograd there is the small town…

How Abbess Sophia of Kiev Should Change Your View of the “Official Patriarchate” – Celebrated March 22
Abbess Sophia of KievCATACOMB ABBESS OF THE PROTECTION CONVENTCommemorated March 22 (†1941) The righteous doth sing and rejoiceProv. 29:6 OF INESTIMABLE SPIRITUAL VALUE is the fearless stand for Christ’s Truth by the New Martyrs of Russia. Especially by their manful…

Determination of the Sobor of Bishops of RTOC Concerning Dogmatic Questions Regarding the Sacraments of World Ecumenical Orthodoxy, the Ecclesiological Heresy of “Cyprianism” and the Anathematizing of the Heresy of “Sergianism”- In Three Languages – English, Russian, and Greek
Both in terms of canonicity and confession of Faith, the Second Sobor of Bishops of the RTOC, testifies to the complete continuity in its relation to the decisions of the First Holy Sobor of the RTOC held in the year…


Nicetas (Lekhan) Catacomb Hieroconfessor of Kharkov
Nicetas (Lekhan) Hieroconfessor of Kharkov

BLESSED THEOKTISTA THE FOOL FOR CHRIST OF THE CATACOMB CHURCH
BLESSED THEOKTISTA THE FOOL FOR CHRISTCommemorated Feb. 22 (t1936) At the time when Archbishop Peter and Bishop Alexis (Hieromartyr Alexis Bishop of Kozlov (Bui) and Administrator of the Diocese of Voronezh – see his epistle here) were in Voronezh, a…

THE EPISTLE OF HIEROMARTYR ALEXIS (BUI) BISHOP OF KOZLOV ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIOCESE OF VORONEZH
THE EPISTLE OF BISHOP ALEXIS BUI OF KOZLOV ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIOCESE OF VORONEZHGreater joy have I none than this, to hear that my children walk in the truth(III John 1:4).Standing on guard for Orthodoxy and vigilantly following all manifestations of…