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RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Category Pilgrimages
The Cave of the Seven Holy Sleepers and Martyrs as it is Today in Ephesus
The Seven Holy Sleepers of Ephesus: A Witness to the Resurrection There are places in the Holy Land and throughout the ancient Christian world where history and the living faith of the Church seem to meet in a particularly powerful…
Holy Land Pilgrimage 2022
We now have the program and prices put together for our pilgrimage to Jerusalem later this year. Please see the attached pamphlet and the video presentation below for details. Video presentation: Some important things to note are: 1. We’re…
The Manger of Christ at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Situated on the summit of the Esquiline Hill, St. Mary Major is the only patriarchal basilica of the four in Rome to have retained its paleo-Christian structures. Tradition has it that the Virgin Mary herself inspired the choice of the…
What You Didn’t Know About the Attachment “Pilgrim” to Orthodox Names.
In older times, it was truly a great feat for someone to go to the Holy Lands from far away places like Russia and Greece. These pilgrimages were by foot and ship. It was considered a greater blessing to complete the entire pilgrimage by foot and not by ship.
St. Dionysius the Areopagite at the Funeral of the Theotokos
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…