RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
On this day, January 19 / February 1, 1918, Patriarch Tikhon anathematised the Bolsheviks and all those who cooperated with them. A few days later, the Council of the Russian Church then in session confirmed this Anathema. The Catacomb Church…
I. THE BATTLE TO PRESERVE THE ORTHODOX WAY OF LIFE I GREW UP in a pious family… I was surrounded by that Orthodox way of life which for generations had been created by Holy Russia. In our family, life proceeded…
Today we have heard the sacred words: “Today the grace of The Holy Spirit has brought us together”. They are said not only with our lips, but with our hearts. Every good deed is the gift of God’s grace, and…
Looking back over my life’s long road, I kneel reverently before the inscrutable, blessed and wise paths of Divine Providence, which summoned me onto this earth eighty-four years ago on the glorious day of the Lord’s Transfiguration and which preserved…
The following pastoral letter was addressed by Metropolitan Anastassy to the Russian Orthodox people, in reply to the 1945 encyclical of Patriarch Alexei, written to the bishops and clergy of the Russian Church Abroad, advising the latter to “express their…
Not every generation is destined to meet along its path such a blessed gift from heaven as was the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna for her time, for she was a rare combination of exalted Christian spirit, moral nobility, enlightened mind,…
Seven years have passed since the day of the death of the royal martyrs, and we are offering on this universal altar the bloodless sacrifice in their memory. The prayer of love is our constant obligation before them and their…
In this solemn hour, when the Lord is calling me to the apostolic ministry, I hear His imperious voice: “Follow Me.” And I mentally follow in the steps of the Chief Shepherd, that I may learn His rights and laws…
To the Orthodox Clergy and Laymen of the Diocese of Voronezh Greater joy have I none than this, to hear my children walking in the truth (III John 1:4). STANDING ON GUARD for Orthodoxy and vigilantly following all manifestations of…
The star that appeared at the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ shined greater than the sun and for this reason it could be seen in the day. -St. John Chrysostom
