RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
“I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.” (Joel 2:28) Today the Holy Orthodox Church celebrates the radiant and life-giving Feast of Holy Pentecost. Fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ and ten days after His glorious Ascension, the…
This Sunday, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council — the God-bearing bishops who defended the truth of Christ against the rising tide of heresy. The battle fought at Nicaea was not merely theological argumentation…
Праздник Вознесения Господня является одним из самых прекрасных и глубочайших праздников Православной Церкви. Через сорок дней после Своего Воскресения Господь наш Иисус Христос телесно вознёсся на Небеса перед глазами Своих учеников. Но Вознесение — это не просто «уход» Христа от…
There are feasts in the Church year that overwhelm the soul with joy, and there are feasts that reveal mysteries so profound that the mind itself stands in silence before them. The glorious Feast of the Ascension of our Lord…
As the Church prepares to close the Paschal season tonight and tomorrow morning with the Leave-Taking of Holy Pascha (Apodosis), we are reminded that the joy of the Resurrection is not something that fades—it is something we carry with us…
On the Third Sunday of Pascha, the Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, together with the holy and righteous Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. This is a radiant continuation of the joy of the Resurrection, for…
From Doubt to Confession: The Lesson of Saint Thomas Sunday The radiant joy of the Resurrection does not belong to a single night or even a single feast. It is not a passing celebration, but a living reality that the…
Iubiți fii duhovnicești în Domnul, Într-o lume care se rotește fără încetare în cercuri de neliniște, violență și oboseală sufletească, marea și mântuitoarea Naștere a Domnului și Dumnezeului și Mântuitorului nostru Iisus Hristos se arată ca intrarea lui Dumnezeu în…
On the Nativity of Christ and the Sanctification of Time Beloved children in the Lord, In a world that turns endlessly upon itself, bound by cycles of unrest, division, and spiritual weariness, the saving Nativity of our Lord and God…
Ἀγαπητὰ τέκνα ἐν Κυρίῳ, Ἐν μέσῳ κόσμου περιφερομένου ἐν κύκλοις ταραχῆς, διαιρέσεως καὶ πνευματικῆς κόπωσεως, ἡ σωτήριος Γέννησις τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ φανερώνεται ὡς ἡ θεία εἴσοδος τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν χρόνον, ἵνα τὸν ἁγιάσῃ.…
