RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
SERMON ON THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS (THE SUNDAY BEFORE NATIVITY) BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP TIKHON FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH 2022, Omsk, Siberia The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,…
by St. Theophan the Recluse [Heb. 10:35-11:7; Mark 9:10-16] History flows on and, it seems, inexorably determines individual events. How many preparations there were to receive the Saviour!… At last, His closest indicator came, John, but what came of it?…
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our Holy Father Hybald was born in the late 630s. In his youth, he was probably a monk in Lindisfarne, where he got to know St. Egbert, the future abbot of Iona. At some time he…
by Dr. Vladimir Moss Ecumenists often accuse the Orthodox of being proud because they claim to have the truth about God and the Church. This is a superficially plausible accusation which turns out to undermine the whole concept of “knowing…
by Nursen Yildrim I was smoking in the garden of the mental hospital. Out of curiosity, I guess, I somehow found myself there. I came face-to-face with a man who behaved quite normally, and I thought he was in his…
In all truth, heretics are not friends of Christ as heresy is animosity with God. However, the delightful way a child of our diocese defended our Holy Faith is truly remarkable! His nun-teacher at a Catholic school was saying, “We…
by St. Theophan the Recluse [Heb. 7:1-6; Luke 21:28-33] And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.…
I have a thought that the persecution we face now is of a different type, more subtle. We are, in a way, protected by the unbelief of the many – almost no one believes in the Church, if they did…
