RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
A Crowned Wrestler – Archbishop Theophan of Poltava From the lives of the desert-fathers, we see tangible evidence of the existing reality of the aerial realm. Armed with long hours of prayer and rigorous fasting, these saints manfully withstood the…
Protopresbyter Victor Melehov examines where a schism leads those involved.
The G.O.C Synod of Archbishop Kallinikos becomes Sergianistic
HOLY HIEROCONFESSOR ALEXANDER OF OMSK (+1977)Hieromonk Alexander, in the world Athanasius Vasilyevich Turuntayevskikh (he later changed his surname to Orlov), was born in 1878 in Vologda province in the family of Protopriest Basil, who served in one parish for 50…
The Power of the Cross In a sermon on the Sunday of the Adoration of the Cross, the late Metropolitan Philaret related the following incident: Nowadays it is often said that miracles occurred only in ancient times.. But here is…
St. Philaret explains Vespers to the Youth Group circa 1964Discussion with a Youth Group about the Vespers ServiceMetropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)When festal Vespers are served jointly with Matins, they are called the “All-Night Vigil.” Small Vespers are generally not served independently,…
“The Thyateira Confession” by Metropolitan Philaret Chief Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia It is frightful that there might be referred to us the words of the Lord to the Church of Laodicea: I know thy work, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert…
Observations and Comments on St. Philaret’s Second Sorrowful Epistle St. Philaret Metropolitan of New York’s Second Sorrowful Epistle is a neat outline of how the ecumenical movement should be seen from an Orthodox perspective. I would like to comment on…
SAINT PHILARET OF NEW YORK, THE NEW CONFESSOR SPEAKING ABOUT THE “BROAD WAY”– LENTEN EPISTLE TO PATRIARCH ATHENAGORAS (1968). We must note the following messages that St. Philaret sent out to the world in this epistle of 1968. “To that…
