RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Saint Domitilla, a revered martyr in the Orthodox Christian tradition, is commemorated on May 12. She is often honored alongside her companions, Nereus and Achilleus, who were also martyrs. Her life and martyrdom are celebrated for their steadfast faith and…
The Sacred Ground of Tre Fontane and the Martyrdom of St. Paul the Apostle In the heart of Rome lies a site of profound significance for Orthodox Christians: Tre Fontane, the place traditionally associated with the martyrdom of St. Paul…
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. -Henry David Thoreau St. Symeon the New Theologian says, “If you want to see God, take pains to purify your heart, through the practice of the commandments and…
The Quo Vadis tradition is the story of St. Peter’s flight from the Emperor Nero’s persecution of Roman Christians in the first century. As legend has it, Peter decided to flee Rome at the outbreak of the persecution, perhaps in…
Below is an account of the Englishman Joseph Wolff, an eccentric missionary to the Jews, who relates that when a young man named Panagiotis, in his ignorance of Islamic law entered the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (the Dome of the…
If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in…
Priest Timothy Porfiryevich Strelkov was born on January 15, 1880 in the village of Atyazhkino, Pomayevskaya volost, Buinsky uyezd, Simbirsk province, in a Mordovian peasant family. He went to a village and a city school, and then to Simbirsk pedagogical seminary. Then he…
“This is evil: estrangement from God.” -St. Basil the Great, That God is Not the Cause of Evils, “ELLHNES PATERES THS EKKLHSIAS” [Greek Fathers of the Church) 7, 112 (EPE). “As many… as stand apart in their will from God, He brings…
Then Raphael called them aside and said to them: ‘Praise God and thank Him before all men living for the good He hath done you, so that they may sing hymns of praise to His name. Proclaim to all the…
