RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Epistle of a Patriarch of old to the Fathers of Sinai The grandeur and Sanctity of places, without virtue though, do not benefit a soul just as Paradise did not benefit Adam when he was disobedient Nor was Lucifer benefited…
St. Ephraim the Syrian The one who lies is wretched and miserable since the devil was a liar from the very beginning. The one who persists in the lie doesn’t have valour as God and man hate him.
From the Lausaic History by Palladius Bishop of Helenopolis of Bithynia and later Bishop of Aspuna of Galatia There was an Elder who ate only one liter of bread (Roman liter = 327 grams) a day. He broke dried bread…
By Priest Aleksandar Radunovic A Shadow of Christ in the Darkness of the Pit “And they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty, there was no water in it.” (Genesis 37:24) I. The Beloved…
by Priest Aleksandar Radunovic Now is the time to look deep within ourselves. Fasting is not merely abstaining from food, but from everything that distances us from God. Fasting is cleansing—not only of the body, but above all, of the…
by Priest Aleksandar RTOC Last night, the heavens were heavy and silent. The soul, awakened by fasting, listens to the voice that descends in a whisper from on high. This is not the voice of the world, nor the voice…
by Priest Aleksandar Radunovic “And the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.” (Exodus 20:21) Who can comprehend the depth of fasting, except the one who has stepped in spirit into the…
Priest Aleksandar RTOC There is a light that is not of this world, and a darkness that is not merely the absence of light. There is a cry that does not come from the throat, and a tear that does…
By RTOC Priest Aleksandar … Prayer is not just a word, nor is it merely a formal address to God. It is an entry into the Holy of Holies, where the soul stands face to face with the living God.…
By St. Theophan the Recluse
