RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our holy Father Oda was born in East Anglia, of Danish parents. His father had been a soldier in the pagan Great Army that killed the holy Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia in 869 and was…
Thank you to Brother Michael Excerpt from an address from Archimandrite Constantine (Zaitzev) of Jordanville Monastery, NY. “…we come to comprehend the spiritual state of the world. Do we remain successively tied to our holy past to such an extent,…
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.…
Saint Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla) is an early Christian saint. She was venerated as a virgin martyr. She died in Rome at the end of the 1st century. Petronilla is traditionally identified as the daughter of Saint Peter, though this may stem simply from the similarity of names.…
“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-…
Nun and martyr. Born to a noble family, she was orphaned in her youth and eventually became a nun at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) at the monastery of St. Anastasia. Above the Bronze Gates at Constantinople was a bronze icon of the…
In this video, besides the horrible injustices to the Body and Blood of Christ; 1. the spoon the first couple of times is being grabbed by the altar server not by the handle but directly by the part immersed into…
He spent almost his entire life as a monk in England and is known primarily for his many writings. He entered the monastery at Wearmouth at the age of seven and later moved (perhaps as one of the founders) to…
St. John the Russian was born approximately in 1690 in Ukraine. Having come of age, he was recruited to the army of Peter the Great and took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711). During the war, he was captured prisoner and sold to slavery…
