

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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A Sermon by Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of New York On The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Last night during the Vigil service and for the first time in the present cycle of Church services, we heard that penitent prayer which the Church addresses to God in…

Sermon on the 34th Sunday after Pentecost, 2021 His Eminence, Archbishop Tikhon of Omsk and Siberia First Hierarch of the Russian True Orthodox Church – Unofficial Translation
Novosibirsk, Siberia And it came to pass, that as He was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging: And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that…

THE VISION OF CHRIST
by Saint Ignatius (Briantchaninov) Do you wish to see the Lord Jesus Christ? Come and see, says His Apostle (Jn. 1, 46). Our Lord Jesus Christ has promised to be with His Disciples till the end of the world (Matt.…

6 Answers to Scribes and Pharisees who Judge.
The Lord wrote something unexpected and startling for the elders, the accusers of the sinful woman. With His finger He disclosed their secret iniquities. For these pointers-out of the sins of others were experts in concealing their own sins. But it is pointless to try to hide anything from the eyes of One Who sees all.
The Parable of the Vineyard Workers
But the slaves enjoyed living and laboring in this vineyard so much that they began to feel that the place belonged to them.

On the Dormition of the Theotokos, Sermon B. St. John of Damascus
[171] THERE is no one in existence who is able to praise worthily the holy death of God’s Mother, even if he should have a thousand tongues and a thousand mouths. Not if all the most eloquent tongues could be…
Sermon on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos A.
by St. John of Damascus [147] THE memory of the just takes place with rejoicing, said Solomon, the wisest of men; for precious in God’s sight is the death of His saints, according to the royal* David. If, then, the memory…

Sermon on the Dormition of the Mother of God by Priest Alexander (Mramornov)
The Most-Holy Virgin, the Mother of God, lived for some fifteen or twenty years following the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven. During this time, she was as a wanderer fervently wishing to return to her homeland, preparing…

Eleventh Sunday According to Matthew: Forgiveness of Debts. Sermon of Archbishop Andrey Rymarenko
A terrible picture is drawn for us by this Sunday’s Gospel. It begins with the folio wing words: “Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants” (Mt. 18:23). Among those…