RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
By Hieromonk Ignaty (Trepatschko) …And upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matt. 16:18). “True is the word, firm is the promise. The Church is insurmountable, even if hell itself was…
by St. Philaret Metropolitan of New York Translated by Hieromonk Varlaam Novakshonoff Foreword For many years now, during the era of our “youth cult,” it has been popular to use the expression, “the future of our Church is our youth.”…
Excerpts from the book “The Nature of the Spiritual Life, and how to adapt oneself to it.” St. Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894) was one of the most outstanding Russian spiritual writers of the last century and the editor and the…
Nothing that happens to us is contrary to the will of Providence
“Of course, God does not need our sinful prayers, but still, in His love for us He likes us to pray. And it is not only that holy prayer which the Holy Spirit Himself helps us to offer and arouses in us that is pleasing to Him, for He asks that of us...but every intention, every impulse, even every thought which is directed to His glory and our own salvation is of value in His sight”
― The Way of a Pilgrim
By Dr. Vladimir Moss During this time of coronavirus pandemic, we are being showered with statistics about how many people are dying, who are dying, what are our chances of dying, etc. But Orthodox Christians know that the time…
HOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY The Lord provides us with a perfect example in all things, including how to convert unbelievers to the faith. This is what we see in his conversation with the Samaritan woman in the…
Now being exiled in our own homes let us draw from the words of St. John Abbot of Sinai. Translation: Fr. Lazarus Moore Step 3 On exile Exile means that we leave forever everything in our own country that prevents…
ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA To Cyriacus, at Tarsus. ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA To Cyriacus, at Tarsus. I need hardly tell the sons of peace how great is the blessing of peace. But now this blessing, great, marvellous, and worthy as…
