RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Believe it or not…It’s the world! What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 Lots of times I feel troubled. I want to handle so many things by…
Genesis Chapter 21 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:17 that in…
Genesis 50:19-20 19 But Joseph replied to them: “Do not fear. Can I take the place of God? 20 Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve this present end, the survival of many people. No matter…
In the midst of a crisis (like this coronavirus crisis we are working through!) is a great time to show that we are thankful to God for all things. “Those things that are and those things that are not” (Divine…
The Holy Cross is our banner on the gloomy mountain
At today’s vespers, I was impressed by a part of a passage that is often read at celebrated saints’ vespers and happened to fall in today’s regular reading of Proverbs. It says that Wisdom “has slaughtered her beasts; she has…
Every kind of new iconoclasm will way heavy on our souls…
In order to truly worship in Spirit and Truth, Orthodox Christians should know the meaning of whatever they do in Church or in private prayer. Below are 12 symbolisms of lighting candles in Church. 6 from Saint Symeon of Thessalonica…
If You Haven’t Studied Holy Orthodoxy, Then You Probably Won’t Notice When It’s Not Really Present Isn’t it true? Most so-called “Orthodox” have deep darkness about matters of the Faith. They haven’t studied it, they haven’t lived it. They haven’t…
I admit it, change takes a lot of courage. And repentance, the most significant mode of life for an Orthodox Christian has to do with changing. Repentance in Greek is metanoia μετάνοια. Metanoia literally means to make a change of…
