RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Being a report of a conversation of St. Macarius the Alexandrian with Angels. Translated from the Greek Migne, P. G. Tome 34, Page 385. Once, as we were making a journey in the desert, we saw two angels following St.…
by Saint Ignatius (Briantchaninov) Do you wish to see the Lord Jesus Christ? Come and see, says His Apostle (Jn. 1, 46). Our Lord Jesus Christ has promised to be with His Disciples till the end of the world (Matt.…
Source: Augsburg and Constantinople, by Fr. George Mastrantonis (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Press, 1982). The First (of 3) Answer of Patriarch Jeremiah II of Constantinople Sent to Tübingen on May 15, 1576, Concerning the Augsburg Confession We received the letters…
Our soul is in union with the body by creation; it is in dependence on it on account of the fall. It is infected with sinful diseases, passions, on account of bodily actions; passions are destroyed in it, good habits, virtues are implanted in it by means of bodily actions.
Bear with all, even as the Lord does with you.
Excerpts from the book “The Nature of the Spiritual Life, and how to adapt oneself to it.” St. Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894) was one of the most outstanding Russian spiritual writers of the last century and the editor and the…
Nothing that happens to us is contrary to the will of Providence
from: Gregory Decapolite
St. Gennadius of Constantinople “Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak the truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone gets mad at you, don’t be…
