RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Commemorated on May 19 The holy Apostles Andrew the First-called and Simon the Canaanite first preached the Christian Faith in Georgia in the 1st century, but at the beginning of the 4th century most of the country was still pagan.…
Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow laborer Junia (1st c.). Venerable Euphrosyne (Princess Eudocia) of Moscow (1407). Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon at Chalcedon (298). St. Stephen, archbishop of Constantinople (893).Uncovering of the relics (1551) of Venerable Adrian,…
St. Pachomius was born to pagan parents in Thebaid (Upper Egypt). There he received an excellent secular education. From his youth, he had a good character, and he was prudent and sensible. At the age of either 20 or 21,…
Georgian monks began to settle on Mt. Athos in the middle of the 10th century, and a Georgian monastery, Iveron, was founded there not long after. At that time foreign armies were constantly invading Mt. Athos. In the 13th century…
Hieromartyr Ermogen, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’, was glorified into the rank of the saints on 12 May 1913. During the course of three centuries from generation to generation the memory of Patriarch Ermogen as a sainted bishop-martyr was passed…
Commemorated May 11 The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles First-Teachers and Enlighteners of the Slavic Peoples, the Brothers Cyril and Methodius came from an illustrious and pious family living in the Greek city of Thessalonika. Saint Methodius was the oldest of seven brothers,…
Commemorated on May 11 Hieromartyr Joseph, First Metropolitan of Astrakhan, was born at Astrakhan in 1579. Having taken monastic vows, Saint Joseph at 52 years of age was raised to the dignity of archimandrite of the Astrakhan Trinity monastery. In…
Commemorated on 4th Sunday of Pascha by the Epistle Reading The Righteous Saint Tabitha (I), a virtuous and kindly woman, belonged to the Christian community in Joppa. Being grievously ill, she happened to be dying. At the time not far…
by Dr. Vladimir Moss
May 7, 2021 Third Week of Pascha. Tone two. Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303).Repose of Venerable Nilus, abbot of Sora (1508).Venerable John of…
