RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
As we journey through the sacred season of Pascha, we encounter a beautiful and profound celebration: the Feast of Midpentecost. This feast, falling on the Wednesday of the fourth week after Pascha, marks the midpoint between Pascha and Pentecost. It…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, on the 4th Sunday of Pascha, we reflect upon the healing of the Paralytic at the Pool…
Below is an account of the Englishman Joseph Wolff, an eccentric missionary to the Jews, who relates that when a young man named Panagiotis, in his ignorance of Islamic law entered the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (the Dome of the…
Christ is Risen! Brethren, Russians, and all Orthodox Christians, beloved in Christ! The grace-filled day of the resurrection of Christ has arrived, when our faith is strengthened, hope increases, and holy love shines forth. On this day, even the wicked…
It is the Day of Resurrection! Let us be radiant, O people! Pascha! The Lord’s Pascha! For Christ our God has brought us from death to life, and from earth unto heaven, as we sing triumphant hymns! Let us purify…
Beyond Constantinople, towards the locale of the Seven Towers, there was in old times an exceptionally huge and most lovely church named to pay tribute to the Theotokos; it had been worked about the center of the fifth hundred years…
If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in…
Christ is risen! By God’s mercy we have again reached Holy Pascha and we celebrate the great and joyful Feast of the Radiant Resurrection of Christ. Blessed is our God, Who has vouchsafed us to live once more to this…
“It is the Day of Resurrection, let us be radiant O ye people; Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha: for from death to life, and earth to heaven, Christ God hath brought us, as we chant the hymn of victory.” Thus sings the…
“For in like manner as ye were called in the flesh, ye shall come also in the flesh. In like manner also shall we in this flesh receive our reward.” (St. Clement of Rome, 2 Clement 9:4-5) Dear Beloved in…
