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RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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Χαιρετισμοί εις τον Πανάγιο και Ζωοδόχο Τάφο του Κυρίου και Θεού και Σωτήρος ημών Ιησού Χριστού
Ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις. Ἐκ τοῦ Τυπογραφείου τοῦ Παναγίου Τάφου. ) Κοντάκιον. Ἦχος πλ. δ΄. Τῇ Ὑπερμάχῳ.Τῷ ζωοδόχῳ καὶ σεπτῷ Κυρίου μνήματι, νῦν παρεστῶτες εὐλαβείᾳ οἱ ἀνάξιοι, σὺν Ἀγγέλοις προσαγάγωμεν θείους ὕμνους, ἵν’ ὡς ἔχον ἁγιότητα ἀσύγκριτον, ἁγίασῃ καὶ ἡμᾶς τούτῳ προσπίπτοντας,…
The Prayer Rope Is Our Friend: A Few Words on Noetic Prayer
There is a great treasure in the Orthodox spiritual tradition that is always near us, yet which we so often neglect: noetic prayer—the gathering of the mind into the heart and its turning continually toward God. The Holy Fathers speak…
Much Devotion About Nothing: When “Religious” Activity Becomes a Substitute for Prayer
Much Devotion About Nothing. When religious activity replaces prayer.
Praying by the Prayer Rope: The Monastic Tradition of Replacing Written Prayers with the Jesus Prayer
Among the ancient traditions of Mount Athos and the monasteries influenced by Athonite spirituality throughout Greece, and in full accordance with the Fathers of the Desert, is the practice of praying by the prayer rope (komboskini) in place of written…
the tri-hypostatic Godhead: One power, one essence, one divinity
“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…
A NEW MISSION IN ITALY
“Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise in the assembly of the righteous.” (Psalm 149) During the sixth week of Pascha, on the day of the glorious Ascension of our Redeemer Jesus Christ, the small community of…
Sacred Rest (Ἀργία ➤Argia) — Keeping Sundays and Holy Days Sacred in the Orthodox Christian Life
In the modern world, Sunday has gradually become just another day of activity, shopping, entertainment, housework, and endless distraction. Yet for Orthodox Christians, Sunday is not merely a weekend day. It is the Lord’s Day, the sacred weekly celebration of…
let us first place in the register of our prayer a sincere and unfeigned thanksgiving to God
“Before all things, let us first place in the register of our prayer a sincere and unfeigned thanksgiving to God. In the second place, let us confess our sins and offer the brokenness of our soul with true compunction. Then,…