RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
The New Hieromartyr Cosmas, Equal of the Apostles was a native of the Aitolia area of Greece. At the Philotheou Monastery of Mount Athos he was tonsured a monk wand later was ordained hieromonk. The desire to benefit his fellow…
We know that one of the people who first believed in the preaching of St. Paul the Apostle in Greece was St. Dionysius the Areopagite or judge. He was there when the Apostle Paul preached at the Areopagus in Athens…
Hieromartyr Hierotheos, First Bishop of Athens When was such a wonder of wonders ever seen by men? How does the Queen of all lie breathless? How has the Mother of Jesus reposed? Thou, O Virgin, wast the preaching of the…
“Neither the tomb nor death could confine the Theotokos, the unshakable hope, ever vigilant in intercession and protection. As Mother of life, He who dwelt in the ever-virginal womb transposed Ηer to life.”
For the Light of the WorldWhen Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O Christ our God, Thou didst show Thy glory to Thy disciples as far as they could bear it. Let Thy everlasting light shine also upon us sinners through the…
And so, the Feast of Feasts has passed by us: and the Royal Gates in the Lord’s temples are shut, and the service is no longer as triumphant as it was during Bright Week. What, then, brethren, has this feast…
St. John Chrysostom: Commentary on the Belief of Thomas “But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said, Except…
Paschal message to all faithful children of the Russian True Orthodox Church in the Fatherland and abroad To the archpastors, dear to the Lord, archpastors, the most pious pastors and the God-loving congregation of the Russian True Orthodox Church –…
Пасхальное Послание 2019Паллинийская и Западно-Европейская Епархия «Что вы ищете живого между мертвыми?» (Лука 24:5) Этот вопрос двух ангелов у Святого Гроба Христова женам мироносицам есть радостное извещение им о Воскресении Христовом. Для нас, живущих Воскресением Христовым, ничто не может уменьшить…
