RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
St. Ninnidh of Inismacsaint, Ireland leave a comment » Commemorated January 18 So it would seem that some confusion exists around both the exact identity of Saint Ninnidh and his feastday, due to the association of Saint Ninnidh of Inismacsaint with…
Saint Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria, was a great Father of the Church and a pillar of Orthodoxy. He was born around the year 297 in the city of Alexandria into a…
ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA To Cyriacus, at Tarsus. ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA To Cyriacus, at Tarsus. I need hardly tell the sons of peace how great is the blessing of peace. But now this blessing, great, marvellous, and worthy as…
Upon entering the world, Christ brought salvation and founded the Church. The witness to the truth shone forth as well as those witnesses to such a great providence. The disciples followed their Teacher by following in his footsteps, for after…
On October 19, 1829, in the far north of Russia, a weak and sickly child, named John (Ioann), was born in the family of Ilia Sergiyev, church reader in the village of Sura in the Archangelsk province. This child was…
Saint Lucy was born in Syracuse, Sicily during the reign of Diocletian. She distributed her wealth to the poor, and made a vow of virginity. Since she refused to marry him, a rejected suitor denounced her to the prefect Paschasius…
Saint Daniel the Stylite was born in the village of Bethara, near the city of Samosata in Mesopotamia. His mother Martha was childless for a long while and in her prayers she vowed that if she had a child, she…
Today, October 10 (Julian Calendar) is the Feast of the Martyrdom of the 26 Martyrs of Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos by the Latins The 26 Holy Zographou Martyrs were burned alive in 1282 on Mount Athos by a Latin…
Today is the feast of the Holy Prophet Jonah. His story reminds me of our times. It reminds me of our days when virtue is hard to find and the memory of the "good old days"
