RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
A Warning from Joseph Bryennios and Its Relevance to the Church Today There is a particularly penetrating observation attributed to the Byzantine theologian Joseph Bryennios: “Many who have abandoned the Faith or fallen away from religion endeavour to make others…
There are wounds that are visible to everyone, and there are wounds that a person carries quietly, known only to God and perhaps to a few souls who understand what has happened. Among the latter are the wounds inflicted by false accusation, malicious words, and the deliberate misrepresentation of another person's life and intentions.
The Facebook video was this: The questions raised in the video The speaker challenges the Christian teaching of the Atonement, arguing approximately as follows: Was Adam truly perfect? And why did Christ have to die? These questions sound difficult only…
If at this very moment we were to uncover the slab of a most decent tomb, and someone within were to speak to us, the very first word he would utter would be “VANITY.” And he would say: O mortal,…
There is a sin that is rarely named in confession. It is not because it is uncommon. Quite the opposite. It is woven into so much of our daily life that we hardly recognize it as a sin at all.…
By Hieromonk Tikhon On the hill of Mount Ortho lived Simon the “Pure,” Who once was a simple man, quiet and sure. But he found some new podcasts to listen to late, With hosts who would lecture on matters of…
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the Faith; prove your own selves.” (2 Corinthians 13:5) Many things occupy the mind of modern man. We examine the actions of politicians, the mistakes of our neighbors, the failures of our clergy(ooooo!), and…
Among all the passions that wage war against the human soul, the most dangerous is often not the strongest one, but the one that we refuse to acknowledge. The passion that we defend, excuse, justify, and even cherish is the…
The Holy Apostle Paul warned Timothy that there would come those who possess “a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof.” These words are often applied to the secular world, to nominal Christians, or to those outside the Church.…
Much Devotion About Nothing. When religious activity replaces prayer.
