RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Some things you keep. Like good teeth. Warm coats. Bald husbands. They’re good for you, reliable and practical and so sublime that to throw them away would make the garbage man a thief. So you hang on because something old…
Great is the virtue of tears!
Some Things to Ask Yourself… After more than 100 years of the so-called “ecumenical movement” (See the Encyclical of 1920 or this youtube video), what have the fruits been of the ecumenical movement? Supposedly, the ecumenical movement attempts to bring…
Протопресвитер Виктор Мелехов Несколько месяцев назад на сайте «Австралийско-Новозеландской епархии РПЦЗ» епископ Андрей Эрастов опубликовал статью «Троянские кони», в которой делает несколько сомнительных и вводящих в заблуждение утверждений. Хотя он соглашается, что допустил серьезные канонические ошибки при создании своей новой…
-St. Isidore of Pelusium (Letter to Timothy the Reader, PG, 78:252) Just as the fishermen hide the hook with bait and covertly hook the fish, similarly, the crafty allies of the heresies cover their evil teachings and corrupt understanding with…
-St. Gregory Palamas “Let us flee from those who reject patristic interpretations and attempt by themselves to deduce the complete opposite. While pretending to concern themselves with the literal sense of the passage, they reject its godly meaning. We should…
~ William Shakespeare
A brother asked the Abba Barsanuphius, “Elder if I learn that someone says evil about me, what should I do?” The Elder answered, “Get up immediately and say a prayer firstly for him and then for yourself saying, “Lord Jesus…
“Lord, where are you going?” “I am going to Rome to be crucified again.” -Thoughts +BP In the apocryphal “Acts of St. Peter”, it is reported that Peter started to flee Rome at the time of Emperor Nero’s persecution. Saint Peter realizes…
[Acts 4:13–22; John 5:17–24]. Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard (Acts 4:19–20). Thus spoke…
