RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
BLESSED THEOKTISTA THE FOOL FOR CHRISTCommemorated Feb. 22 (t1936) At the time when Archbishop Peter and Bishop Alexis (Hieromartyr Alexis Bishop of Kozlov (Bui) and Administrator of the Diocese of Voronezh – see his epistle here) were in Voronezh, a…
THE EPISTLE OF BISHOP ALEXIS BUI OF KOZLOV ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIOCESE OF VORONEZHGreater joy have I none than this, to hear that my children walk in the truth(III John 1:4).Standing on guard for Orthodoxy and vigilantly following all manifestations of…
Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia Commemorated on February 21 Saint Timothy of Symbola was of Italian descent. He became a monk at a young age and pursued asceticism at a monastery called “Symbola”, in Asia Minor near Mount Olympus. At…
SAINT MILDRED – St. Mildred was the daughter of King Merewald of Magonset and his wife, St. Ermenburga (alias Aebbe of Minster-in-Thanet); and therefore sister of Saints Milburga and Milgitha. At an early age, her mother sent her to be educated at Chelles in France, where many English…
The ancient town of Guildford is dominated by two hills, between which flows the River Wey. On top of one hill there stands the church of St. Martha. It is likely that the word “Martha” was originally “Martyr”, for the…
Автор: Митрополит Филарет (Вознесенский) Вчера за всенощным бдением мы с вами слышали евангельское чтение о том, как Праведный Симеон сподобился принять на свои старческие руки воплотившегося Сына Божия, Господа Иисуса Христа. Сегодня за литургией читалось это же Евангелие, но дополненное и…
Before Christ, we all shared the same ancestral curse and condemnation poured out on all of us from our single forefather as if it had sprung from the root of the human race and was the common lot of our nature. Each person’s individual…
January 18/31, 2020Holy Hierarchs Athanasius and CyrilPatriarchs of Alexandria Venerable Bishop Akakije, For a rather considerable period of time, we have been expecting you to become aware of your delusions, and repent of your uncanonical acts, which have destroyed our…
My mother belonged to a generation of very different people. Agewise, she could have easily been my grandmother. Even though she gave birth to me at an older age, she never was lazy in teaching me how to be a…
