RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Epistle of a Patriarch of old to the Fathers of Sinai The grandeur and Sanctity of places, without virtue though, do not benefit a soul just as Paradise did not benefit Adam when he was disobedient Nor was Lucifer benefited…
We are happy to announce another valuable addition to the spiritual resources available to True Orthodox Christians in the English language: The Akathist Hymn to our Venerable Father Gerasimus, Wonderworker of Boldino (celebrated May 1/14), newly translated by the Brotherhood…
The novelty of the Pope having a clean-shaven face, along with the rest of his clergy, was introduced in the papist church before Leo IX. Gregory Vii even went so far as to use force to make the clergy shave…
Today we celebrate the Apodosis—the Leave-Taking—of the Feast of Mid-Pentecost, the moment that liturgically closes the eight-day period set apart to reflect on Christ as the Giver of Living Water. Positioned between Pascha and Pentecost, Mid-Pentecost reminds us of Christ’s…
Akathist to theHoly Apostle and EvangelistJOHN the Theologian Kontakion 1 Chosen from fisher nets for the preaching of the Gospel, and from catching fish to catching men into the light of the true knowledge of God, O great Apostle, disciple,…
St. Ephraim the Syrian The one who lies is wretched and miserable since the devil was a liar from the very beginning. The one who persists in the lie doesn’t have valour as God and man hate him.
St. John of Damascus Our conscience is called the law of the mind. The enemy’s attack or the law of sin dominates in the parts of our flesh and wars against us through the flesh. From the moment that we…
The Pope and his followers, having broken away from the Orthodox Church, did not remain in those Mysteries that were handed down to the Church from the Holy Apostles, but instead invented many novelties in the Holy Baptism, Divine Liturgy,…
From the Lausaic History by Palladius Bishop of Helenopolis of Bithynia and later Bishop of Aspuna of Galatia There was an Elder who ate only one liter of bread (Roman liter = 327 grams) a day. He broke dried bread…
