RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Saints Cyrus and John belong to the category of saints called Wonderworking Unmercenaries (thaumatourgoi anargyroi) because they healed the sick free of charge. The principal source of information regarding the life, passion and miracles of Sts. John and Cyrus is the Encomium written by St. Sophronius,…
“Go, go, Matushka, to Diveyevo, keep my orphans in your care.” With these words, St. Seraphim of Sarov sent Pelagia to the Convent of Diveyevo and said about her, “This woman will become a glorious luminary!” Upon her return from…
Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Jordanville remarked saying, “O, how great now is the dulling of conscience even of those people who consider themselves believers-the clouding of their minds and hearts, so that seeing, they do not see, and hearing,…
“Many have fought the Church and those who fought Her have been lost and the Church has been raised more than heaven. This is the greatness of the Church; being battled against She wins, being plotted against She prevails, being…
Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Jordanville concerning the “Salt of the Earth” As salt preserves food from decay and makes it healthful and pleasant to the taste, so too true Christians preserve the world from moral decay and facilitate its…
Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Jordanville A terrible, unrelieved, hopeless unscrupulousness has taken possession of many people. The true doctrine of the faith and the Church for which the first Christians died in such tortures has become a hollow sound…
This morning prayer is very similar to that of St. Philaret of Moscow. O Lord, grant that I may meet all that this coming day brings to me with spiritual tranquility. Grant that I may fully surrender myself to Thy…
source: akathists.com Kontakion 1 Blessed Mother Xenia, Holy Fool for the sake of Christ, you elected to undergo the struggle of patience and the suffering of affliction. We therefore honor your sacred memory with hymns of praise. Help us against…
By Dr. Vladimir Moss The last ten years of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius’ reign, until his death in 641, were miserable and tragic: disgraced by personal scandal and his embracing of the heresy of Monothelitism, he saw all his conquests…
