

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe


A Blessed Fast of the Dormition of the Theotokos to All!
In wishing all of you a blessed fast in preparation of the Dormition of the Most-Holy Theotokos, I thought it wise to remind ourselves of a few things. This fast is a strict fast like the one of Great Lent.…

THE POWER OF ANATHEMA
THE POWER OF ANATHEMA Written by Vladimir Moss In recent decades, the development of ecumenism and other heresies has been accompanied by several sustained attacks on the Church’s power of anathema in general, and in particular, on the Pan-Orthodox anathemas…

Falsehood is from the Evil One
Falsehood is from the Evil One In the Scriptures, it is written that falsehood is from the evil one and that He is the “Father of lies” (John 8:44), while God is truth, for He Himself says, “I am the…

Priest Becomes a Martyr at the Hands of His Own Son
Priest Suffers Martyrdom at the Hands of His Own Son (From the lives of the New Martyrs of Russia) During the time when the executioners Dzerzhinsky and Bahrman were in charge of the prison camp at the former monastery…

ST. MARK OF EPHESUS AND THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE by Vladimir Moss
ST. MARK OF EPHESUS AND THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE Written by Vladimir Moss The Fall of Bulgaria in 1393 exposed Constantinople to the Turks, and the West summoned a large army under King Sigismund of Hungary to rescue the…

Abbess Magdalena (Countess Grabbe). Recipient of St. Philaret’s Amazing Epistle.
Abbess Magdalena of Lesna Convent. Recipient of St. Philaret’s Amazing Epistle. Abbess Magdalena, according to the world Nina Pavlovna Grabbe, was a Russian Orthodox nun and abbess. She was born on June 7, 1903 in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. She…

St. Paraskevi the Roman
St Paraskevi Memory celebrated July 26th Saint ParaskeviSt Paraskevi was born in Rome about 140 AD of Greek Christian parents. Her father, Agathon was rich and her mother, Politia, had many attributes, the greatest of which was her charitability. Agathon…

A Letter to Abbess Magdalena (Grabbe) of Lesna from St. Philaret of New York 1979
Letter To Abbess Magdalena A Letter from Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) to Abbess Magdalena (Countess Grabbe), Superior of the Lesna Convent in France* November 26 / December 9, 1979 Your Reverence 1 I am writing this letter en route — onboard…