RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
The Holy Great-martyr John the New, of Suceava, lived in the XIV century in the city of Trebizond. By occupation, he was a trading merchant, pious and firm in his Orthodoxy, and generous to the poor. One time in accord…
“Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of clairvoyance…
The Holy Martyr Justin the Philosopher was born at Sykhem – an ancient city of Samaria. Justin’s parents, being Greeks, were pagans. From the time of his childhood, the saint displayed profundity of mind, love for knowledge, and a fervent…
A Point of No Return Protopresbyter Victor Melehov Great Lent, 2021 Introduction Considering all that has transpired this past year (lockdowns of homes and businesses, cities, states and countries – quarantines, masks, distancing – riots, burning and seizing cities, looting,…
We greet each other tomorrow at the service of the ninth hour with “Christ is risen!” for the last time this year. Christ is risen, however, is always a blessed greeting. Here is that greeting in many tongues. Aleut: Khristus…
Last Sunday, the Sunday of the Samaritan woman, the Holy Church told us how Christ raises a person from an earthly, carnal state of mind to the state in which a human being thirsts to worship God and pray to…
A man went into the forest to choose a tree from which to make roof beams. And he saw two trees, one beside the other. One was smooth and tall but had rotted away inside, and the other was rough…
The Second Ecumenical Council was convened in the year 381 and consolidated the victory of Orthodoxy, attained in the year 325 at the First Ecumenical Council. During the difficult years which passed after the acceptance of the Nicean Symbol of…
The right-believing Great Prince Demetrios of Moscow was born in 1350. His father died when Demetrios was just a young child, and so he was entrusted to the guidance of Saint Alexis of Moscow (February 12). The holy Prince Demetrios…
Saint John, Bishop of the Goths, lived during the eighth century. The future saint was born in answer to the fervent prayer of his parents. From an early age, he lived a life of asceticism. The saint made a pilgrimage…
