RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
From the writings of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse (+1976) “Zeal for God, zeal for the Truth is not “phariseeism,” just as “humility” before the enemies of God, the enemies of the Church, before diabolical Evil, is not the true…
From The Prologue from Ochrid, Vol. 4 He was the son of Jonah and brother of Peter, born in Bethsaida and a fisherman by profession. He was first a disciple of St John the Baptist, but, when John pointed to…
At the Synod meeting of the Bishops of the Russian True Orthodox Church, during its regular meeting from November 08/21 to November 10/23, 2018 a judgment was made regarding the anathema of Charles Darwin’s materialistic theory of the evolution of…
source: catacombhistory.blogspot.com The future Archbishop of Chile (ROCOR), but then Archimandrite Leontius Fillipovich (†1971), recalls his time in the Catacomb Church: “Living in an illegal position and serving a very small number of my faithful parishioners, I didn’t always have…
The fundamental task of the servants of the coming Antichrist is to destroy the old world with all its former concepts and “prejudices” in order to built in its place a new world suitable for receiving its approaching “new owner”…
By Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic Two ancient stories I The story of the White Christ Once upon a time, long, long ago, the first Christian missionaries came to Scandinavia from the East. They were Syrians, with pronounced dark complexions. The fair-looking…
Fr. Seraphim Rose writes concerning Princess Natalia Urusova (†1963): “…in her book, she offers a first-hand account of how Metropolitan Sergius personally, without pressure from the authorities, suggested which churches should be closed or blown up, and which clergy should…
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.…
We hear a bishop say when he ordains a deacon or priest, “Divine Grace which heals all things and which fulfills the missing”. Certainly, our prayer is that Christ covers the shortcomings of each clergyman. However, what can we say…
source: catacombhistory.blogspot.com Father Nicholas was descended from an ancient family of princes who became poor and went over to the religious calling. His father, Deacon Michael Theoktistovich, lived in a border region of Akhtirka. He was a man of meek…
