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RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Category Wisdom from the Fathers
I shall sooner agree to die than to apostatize in any way from the true Faith and thereby suffer torments of conscience.
St. Maximos the Confessor “When all the people in Babylon were worshiping the golden idol, the Three Holy Children did not condemn anyone to perdition. They did not concern themselves with the doings of others, but took care only for…
This is a hard saying, who can hear it?
by Reader Timothy In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “This is a hard saying, who can hear it?” – John 6:60 “He who reads the books of a heretic immediately…
Just as the Fishermen Hide the Hook in the Bait
-St. Isidore of Pelusium (Letter to Timothy the Reader, PG, 78:252) Just as the fishermen hide the hook with bait and covertly hook the fish, similarly, the crafty allies of the heresies cover their evil teachings and corrupt understanding with…
They do not want to examine things and are carried away by phantoms to which the delusion of a depraved heart willingly imparts some probability – St. Theophan the Recluse
[Acts 4:13–22; John 5:17–24]. Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard (Acts 4:19–20). Thus spoke…
Christ is risen!
Our joyful greeting for the 40 days of Pascha! And a St. Theophan the Recluse quote! St. Theophan the Recluse [Acts 3:11–16; John 3:22–33]. We have two lives, fleshly and spiritual. Our spirit is as though buried in our flesh.…
Kindling a Confession of Faith
St. Theodore the Studite “Your courageous seeking out of the word of truth is a firm-making of the Church under the heavens and your zeal kindles in the fervid confession of our Faith forever all of the world .” (Letter…
Concerning Satiation by St. Basil the Great
The grace of satiation stands at the belly, while the grace of fasting elevates the profit of the soul.
The Church is a Dye Shop – St. John Chrysostom
The Church is a dye shop. If you leave without being dyed at all, what is the benefit of having gone? I beg of you, be careful then, that you enter with consciousness and the fear of God and depart…