

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Category Prayers/Services


Παρακλητικός Κανών Αγίου Σάββα του Ηγιασμένου
Ὁ Ἱερεύς: Εὐλογητός ὁ Θεός ἠμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καί ἀεί καί εἰς τούς αἰώνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ὁ Ἀναγνώστης: Ἀμήν. Ψαλμός ρμβ΄ (142) Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, ἐνώτισαι τήν δέησίν μου ἐν τή ἀληθεία σου, εἰσάκουσόν μου ἐν τή δικαιοσύνη σού• καί…

A Canon to the Divine, Worshipful & All-holy Spirit, the Paraclete
THE COMPOSITION OF THE ATHONITE MONK MAXIMUS THE GREEKIn Tone IVPage 1 of 14 Ode IIrmos: He who was slow of speech, having been covered with divinedarkness, gave utterance unto the divinely written law; for, having shaken off the mire…

PSALM 1 – A Spiritual Psalter, or Reflections on God
A Spiritual Psalter, or Reflections on GodExcerpted by Bishop Theophan the Recluse from the works of our Holy Father Ephraim theSyrianarranged in the manner of the Psalms of Davidtranslated by Antonina Janda PSALM 1

Eve of Meatfare Sunday – Saturday of the Souls
Saint John Chrysostom tells us “Let us concern ourselves for the good of our dead. Let us provide them with the proper assistance- offerings and acts of charity- because this brings them great relief, profit, and benefit. Because such things…


Morning Prayer of the Elders of Optina
This morning prayer is very similar to that of St. Philaret of Moscow. O Lord, grant that I may meet all that this coming day brings to me with spiritual tranquility. Grant that I may fully surrender myself to Thy…

Letter to a Priest on the Winter of Faith and Prayer by Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky)
FATHER AND FRIEND! I should have answered you long about the growing winter of faith and prayer and the means of struggle against this. But the same vanity which, as you acknowledge, disperses reverent feelings, has also deprived me of…

How Chanting Should Lead Us Into the Next Life.
So another week went by. I was again on night duty. This time on his evening round, as he left the ward, the doctor said to me in an undertone that Ivan would not pull through till morning. As usual in such cases, the wounded men guessed it and a strained silence fell upon the ward.
