RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
“Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.” — Psalm 22 (23):4 There is something striking in these words of the Psalmist. We might expect him to say, “Thy mercy and Thy love comfort me,” or “Thy protection and Thy…
There is a sin that is rarely named in confession. It is not because it is uncommon. Quite the opposite. It is woven into so much of our daily life that we hardly recognize it as a sin at all.…
With sorrow but with the joyful hope in resurrection in Christ, we announce the falling asleep in the Lord of our beloved sister in Christ, Vera Smolonogova of Sydney, Australia. Vera was a dear and faithful sister, beloved by so…
There is a strange thing about the spiritual life that we often forget: the presence of temptation does not mean that we have already fallen. In fact, sometimes the very temptation that makes us feel weak can become the occasion…
Life is a matter of choices. We hear it constantly. At first glance, it sounds profound. It is repeated in motivational speeches, business seminars, and self-help books. Success or failure, happiness or misery—it is all reduced to the choices we…
Before I conclude this series, I should say that these pages are only a glimpse of the journey. I didn’t write them to be an autobiography, nor an attempt to recount every event in my life. They are simply some…
“We ought to obey God rather than men.”(Acts 5:29) By Archimandrite Adrian Every age of the Church has had its trials, every generation has borne its cross, and every period of unrest has required Christians to answer a question from…
„Trebuie să ascultăm pe Dumnezeu mai mult decât pe oameni.”(Faptele Apostolilor 5, 29) De către Arhimandritul Adrian Fiecare veac al Bisericii și-a avut încercările sale, fiecare generație și-a purtat crucea ei, iar fiecare vreme de tulburare a cerut creștinilor să…
There is a frightening question that very few Christians ever ask themselves: What if the greatest danger is not that the devil is attacking me—but that he has stopped bothering with me altogether? At first, the question seems absurd. Surely…
