

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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A Great Helper on July 17th According to the Orthodox Calendar
The Life of the Great-Martyr Marina Marina was born in Southern Anatolia, specifically from Pisidia in Antioch, at the end of the third century during the reign of Claudius II (268-270). She was the only daughter of noble pagan parents.…

What You Didn’t Know About St. Ambrose of Milan’s Older Sister
Marcellina was born in Trier, Gaul around the year 330 into a Roman Christian family. Her father served as Praetorian prefect of Gaul. The sister of Ambrose of Milan, she was older than her two brothers. About the year 354 Ambrosius, their father…

Why St. Nicholas the Tsar Could Be Called the Restorer of Orthodox Autocracy. Feast of the Royal Martyrs of Russia.
TSAR NICHOLAS II: RESTORER OF THE ORTHODOX AUTOCRACY By Dr. Vladimir Moss The title “Restorer of the Orthodox Autocracy” has been ascribed to Tsar Paul I, and not without reason. After the extreme westernization of the eighteenth-century Tsars, he began…

How the Real Servants of God Acted – July 1
Special thanks to Brother Michael The Holy Martyrs, Wonderworkers, and UnMercenaries Cosmas and Damian – were brothers by birth, born at Rome, and physicians by profession. They were granted by God the graced gift of healing the sick. They said…

On the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Thank you to Brother Michael Christ the Savior, our true God, when He wished to entrust the world to His chief disciples and Apostles Peter and Paul, so that they might preach in it His Gospel and by their preaching…

The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles Peter and Paul
Feast Day on June 29 Apostles Peter and PaulFrom the Sermons of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco The feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul indicates the lot of the Holy Apostles here on earth and reveals the…


SAINT MOLUOG OF LISMORE
Commemorated: June 25 /July 8 by Dmitry Lapa St. Moluog (also known as Moluoc, Moluag, Molua, Molloch, Lugaidh and under other forms)[1] was an Irishman destined to become one of the most venerated saints in Scotland. He was born in about…

All You Need To Know to Revere St. Alban The Protomartyr of Britain.
Saint Alban (or Albanus), the protomartyr of Britain, was a Roman citizen who lived at Verulamium (modern Saint Albans), a few miles northwest of London, during a time of persecution. Nothing is known about his family or his occupation. The…