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RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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Eleventh Sunday According to Matthew: Forgiveness of Debts. Sermon of Archbishop Andrey Rymarenko
A terrible picture is drawn for us by this Sunday’s Gospel. It begins with the folio wing words: “Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants” (Mt. 18:23). Among those…

SAINT MOLUOG OF LISMORE
Commemorated: June 25 /July 8 by Dmitry Lapa St. Moluog (also known as Moluoc, Moluag, Molua, Molloch, Lugaidh and under other forms)[1] was an Irishman destined to become one of the most venerated saints in Scotland. He was born in about…

Οἱ Οὐρανοὶ Διηγοῦνται Δόξαν Θεοῦ – Ἐκλογὴ ἀπὸ τὸν Πολυέλεον Selection from the Polyeleos The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
Monk Symeon chants the selection from the Polyeleos “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God”. Ψάλλει ὁ Μοναχὸς Συμεὼν Οἱ Οὐρανοὶ Διηγοῦνται Δόξαν Θεοῦ

Why Blaming the Truth is Becoming so Popular.
Even though honey is sweet, the sick one perceives it as bitter, but the crime is not the honey’s, but rather the illness must be to blame St. John Chrysostom “ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΙΕΡΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΑ ΦΩΚΑΝ, ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΩΝ” (N. 703) St.…

The Times and Works of a Partridge that Steals Young Birds from Another’s Nest
“The partridge cries out gathering a brood that is not its own” Jeremiah 17:11 The Prophet Jeremiah writing about the destruction of Jerusalem and the sin and punishment of Judah uses a common belief of the Jews of his times-…

St Theodore Tyron (and the Miracle of the Kollyva)
St Theodore Tyron (and the Miracle of the Kollyva) St Theodore was born under Emperor Maximian’s rule around 303 AD. His epithet, of Tyron, is derived from the Latin “tiro”, meaning “newly enlisted soldier”. His Christian faith was kept secret…



THE HUMILITY OF ST. MOSES THE ETHIOPIAN
by Jesse Dominck THE HUMILITY OF ST. MOSES THE ETHIOPIAN Jesse Dominick Icon from St. Innocent Orthodox Church in Redford, Michigan by Archpriest Theodore Jurewicz Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto…