RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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…
The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a British children’s novel written by Margery Williams. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit’s desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished…
St. Isaac the Syrian tells us, "Take away the tribulations and no man will be saved"!
A video by Gregory Decapolite
James 1:17 is a verse of scripture that Orthodox Christians recognize. It is used in the Prayer behind the Ambon (pulpit) that is said towards the very end of the Divine Liturgy. The verse itself and also the “Prayer behind…
Thank you to Brother Michael Excerpt from an address from Archimandrite Constantine (Zaitzev) of Jordanville Monastery, NY. “…we come to comprehend the spiritual state of the world. Do we remain successively tied to our holy past to such an extent,…
by Bishop Philaretos St. Paul writes to the Philippians “Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press…
by Bishop Philaretos I must have been about 3 years old, so that would make the year 1967. My father, a captain of the Merchant Marines, was away at sea. My mother, as always, took me to visit my grandmother,…
