RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Today, July 16/29, is the anniversary of the notorious declaration of Metropolitan Sergius of Nizhni-Novogord in 1927, which created the largest schism in Church history since the Roman Catholic schism of 1054 and under whose shadow the whole life of…
Having served the True Orthodox of the Island of Aegina for six months, Saint Athanasia of Aegina remains in my heart. St. Athanasia who is celebrated today (April 18) by the Orthodox Church was born on the island of Aegina…
– As we know, the Church Abroad consecrated bishops for several Old Calendar jurisdictions. What are the current relations with these jurisdictions after the reestablishment of unity of the Russian Orthodox Church? – The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia…
From the archives of our monastery.
Left to right; Russian priest, Metropolitan Akakios of Diavleia, Archbishop Laurus of ROCOR, in behind in black Archimandrite (later Metropolitan of Knossos) Merkourios, Archbishop Auxentios of the Church of Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, Metropolitan Petros of Astoria, in behind in black Archimandrite (later Metropolitan of Attiki and Megara) Antonios, Metropolitan Gerontios of Piraeus, Archimandrite Niphon (Astyfidis, brother according to the flesh of Metropolitan Petros)
Protodeacon Procopius was the choir director in the village of Kamyshinka, Bystro-Istoksky uyezd, Altai district, Siberia, and also served as a deacon in the Alexandrovskaya church in Biisk. At the end of 1928 or the beginning of 1929, he was…
St. Barsanuphius of Optina: You need not be despondent. You need not be despondent. Let those be despondent who do not believe in God. For them, sorrow is burdensome, of course, because besides earthly enjoyment they have nothing. But believers…
Commemorated on April 16 The Ilyin-Chernigov Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the year 1658 by the iconographer Gregory Dubensky (Gennadius in monasticism). Tears flowed from the icon for eight days in 1662, from April 16-24. In this…
Saint Engratia (Portuguese: Santa Engrácia, Spanish: Santa Engracia) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD. She should not be confused with the 8th-century Spanish martyr of the same name. Saint Encratia was a nun who was tortured in…
St. Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, also known as Rowan, Rodon, and Rodan, was an Irish Christian abbot.After his death, he was venerated as a saint and as one of the "Twelve Apostles of Ireland".
