RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
From the life of St. Sophia of Kiev Being a true offspring of the Optina Elders, with whom she was in constant contact, she soberly discerned the true nature of the Soviet Revolution and knew what to expect from it.…
St. Theodore the Studite “Your courageous seeking out of the word of truth is a firm-making of the Church under the heavens and your zeal kindles in the fervid confession of our Faith forever all of the world .” (Letter…
The grace of satiation stands at the belly, while the grace of fasting elevates the profit of the soul.
St. Theophan the Recluse The Lord had said unto Abraham: Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee (Gen. 12:1). This is an explicit image…
The Church is a dye shop. If you leave without being dyed at all, what is the benefit of having gone? I beg of you, be careful then, that you enter with consciousness and the fear of God and depart…
Vice is a silenced deceitful sickness. To hide sin establishes in the sick one death.
After the immense success of the 10 day RTOC Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2022, the dates for our 2023 Holy Land Pilgrimage are now confirmed. This year’s pilgrimage will begin on October 23 n.s. (date of arrival and…
In a Video Called “Wisdom on Wheels” “Metropolitan” Methodios of Boston Dreams of Communing those Spouses who Refuse to Become Orthodox.
By Reader Timothy St Gregory Palamas, whom the Church celebrates today, the second Sunday of Lent, was heavily persecuted in his lifetime. The persecution came, as it often does, as a result of an apparently very learned individual who had…
