RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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…
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…
by St. Theophan the Recluse This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” [Matthew 17:14-23] If this kind goes out by the prayer and fasting of another person, then it is even less able to enter one who…
Sermon by Archbishop Andrew (Rymarenko) Sunday’s Gospel reading told us of a great miracle: the feeding of an enormous crowd of many thousands with five loaves and two fish. The disciples of Christ themselves, through whose hands this miracle was…
by Archbishop Andrey (Rymarenko) “Give ye them to eat!” said Christ to His disciples. And He said this to them as if answering their advice: “This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,…
By Archpriest Konstantin Fedoroff, spiritual son of St. Philaret the Confessor Through Brother Michael – Thank you! Every Christian should know that he has a very definite purpose in this life, and that is to prepare himself for the Kingdom…
Sermon given on the leavetaking of Pascha (May 10/23 1928) by Archbishop Simon (Vinogradov, +1933)of Peking and China Today is the Apodosis of Pascha, that is, the last day of this holiday. According to Divine establishment of Old Testament holidays,…
Today we heard at the Divine Liturgy the account of the Holy Evangelist John the Theologian about the healing by Jesus Christ of the man born blind, that is, who had never seen anything before. It is characteristic that, when…
Thank you to Brother Michael for the text! “Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,…
A Sermon of St. Philaret the Confessor of New York during the Week of Mid-Pentecost We all know that beginning Wednesday of this past week, the Church began to sing the meaningful and touching troparion of the feast of Mid-Pentecost,…
