

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Category Feasts


Saturday of the Akathist Hymn
The Akathist Hymn is one of the most well-loved services of devotion in the Orthodox Church. Although there is some debate concerning the particulars of its authorship, many scholars agree with the pious tradition which states that the Akathist was…
The Lydda Icon of the Mother of God – March 12
Commemorated on March 12 The Lydda Not-Wrought-by-Hand Icon of the Mother of God (in Lydda on a Pillar): When the holy Apostles Peter and John the Theologian ( preached about the Lord Jesus Christ in the city of Lydda (Diopolis),…
Theotokos of Kursk Icon – March 8
The Kursk-Root Icon of Out Lady of the Sign The Kursk-Root Icon is one the most ancient icons of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Homily on the Eve of the Sunday of Orthodoxy By St. Philaret of New York
Sunday of Orthodoxy Homily on the Eve of the Sunday of OrthodoxyBy St. Philaret of New YorkThe Orthodox Church tomorrow triumphantly celebrates a day dedicated to our Orthodox Faith itself, for which reason tomorrow is called the “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”…

St Theodore Tyron (and the Miracle of the Kollyva)
St Theodore Tyron (and the Miracle of the Kollyva) St Theodore was born under Emperor Maximian’s rule around 303 AD. His epithet, of Tyron, is derived from the Latin “tiro”, meaning “newly enlisted soldier”. His Christian faith was kept secret…

Слово на Сретение Господне
Автор: Митрополит Филарет (Вознесенский) Вчера за всенощным бдением мы с вами слышали евангельское чтение о том, как Праведный Симеон сподобился принять на свои старческие руки воплотившегося Сына Божия, Господа Иисуса Христа. Сегодня за литургией читалось это же Евангелие, но дополненное и…

From the Homily on the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple – St Gregory Palamas
Before Christ, we all shared the same ancestral curse and condemnation poured out on all of us from our single forefather as if it had sprung from the root of the human race and was the common lot of our nature. Each person’s individual…

Рождественское послание преосвященнейшего Филарета, епископа Палинийского и Западноевропейского – 2019/2020
Рождественское послание преосвященнейшего Филарета, епископа Палинийского и Западноевропейского – 2019 Дата размещения на сайте: 05.01.2020 «Тайну сокровенную от век и от родов: ныне же явися святым его»(Кол. 1:26) Возлюбленные братья! Итак, апостол Павел в своем послании к Колоссянам призывает нас…