RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Life of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth by Metropolitan Anastassy Not every generation is destined to meet along its path such a blessed gift from heaven as was the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna for her time, for she…
At one time, even fairly recently, the date July 17 in the so-called “new style,” was marked as a day of sorrow, because on this day the Russian people and the Russian diaspora remembered the great evil act when the…
HOLY HIEROCONFESSOR ALEXANDER OF OMSK (+1977)Hieromonk Alexander, in the world Athanasius Vasilyevich Turuntayevskikh (he later changed his surname to Orlov), was born in 1878 in Vologda province in the family of Protopriest Basil, who served in one parish for 50…
ST. MARK OF EPHESUS AND THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE Written by Vladimir Moss ST. MARK OF EPHESUS AND THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE The Fall of Bulgaria in 1393 exposed Constantinople to the Turks, and the West summoned a large army…
The Holy Martyr Boniface and the Righteous Aglais The account of their lives was copied from “The Holy Martyr Boniface was the slave of a rich young Roman woman named Aglaida and he dwelt with her in an iniquitous cohabitation.…
ThTh was an Old Testament prophet during the building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and one of the twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Haggai. He is known for his prophecy in 520 BCE, commanding the Jews to rebuild…
St. Mawes, Maws, Maudetus, Maudez of Brittany celebrated on November 18th Biography He is said to be from Ireland and moved from Ireland as an adult to live as a hermit. He first settled on the south coast of Cornwall…
Saint John the Theologian, Apostle and Evangelist The Apostle and Evangelist St. John, called the Theologian, was the son of Salome and Zebedee, a fisherman of Galilee. Zebedee possessed rather vast holdings, workers and was a member of some importance…
