RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
1. Lent with his practices of penance is a very favorable time for preaching. That is why the speaker proposes to use it in the explanation of the book of Genesis. 2. The Lord, who spoke to the patriarchs, wanted…
1. The announcement of Lent is to be welcomed with joy, because it is a remedy for the ills of our souls. Fasting and abstinence produce an infinity of goods, while intemperance has brought into the world sin and death.…
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…
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…
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.…
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.
But the slaves enjoyed living and laboring in this vineyard so much that they began to feel that the place belonged to them.
[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…
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…
