RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
In 1976, two Orthodox Christians of the Orthodox Parish of St. Michael the Archangel, Guildford, Surrey, England (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad) made contact with Mr. J. Wilson-Claridge, an amateur archaeologist and the owner of the wonder-working relics of Martyr-King Edward…
SAINT ARISTOBULUS An Apostle of the Seventy brought the Orthodox Faith to the shores of Britain. Aristobulus of Britannia was an Apostle, Martyr, and First Bishop of Britain. While some Orthodox traditions say he “died in peace”, others say he was…
St. Ypomoni the Righteous (Feast Day – March 13/26) St. Ypomoni (Patience), in the world named Helen Dragaš, and later as the wife of Manuel II Palaiologos was called: “Helen, in Christ God Augusta and Empress of the Romans, Palaiologos”.…
Commemorated on March 14 Saint Benedict, the founder of Western monasticism, was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the year 480. When he was fourteen years of age, the saint’s parents sent him to Rome to study. Unsettled by…
Bitter is the Cold, but Sweet is Paradise The names of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are Acacius, Aetius, Aglaius, Alexander, Angus, Athanasius, Candidus, Chudion, Claudius, Cyril, Cyrion, Dometian, Domnus, Ecdicus, Elias, Eunoicus, Eutyches, Eutychius, Flavius, Gaisus, Gorgonius, Helianus, Heraclius,…
Feast on March 5 St. Carthage was an Irish bishop and abbot of the 6th century. He was the successor of St. Kieman of Ossory. He was the son or grandson of a local king. The saint is mainly known as a…
Gerasimus left his family wealth and worldly affairs to become a monk. He departed for the region Thebaid in the Egyptian desert, later again returning to his native Lycia. About the middle of the 5th century, Saint Gerasimus went to…
Nicetas (Lekhan) Hieroconfessor of Kharkov
