RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
by Presbyter Marco Mannino-Giorgi Whoever has ever attended an Orthodox service knows that at the Divine Liturgy, as also at Vespers and Matins, in the Great Opening Litany called “of peace,” at the third petition, we hear these words: “For…
A Testimony for Our Times Introduction In 1924 the Romanian Orthodox Church adopted the new (Gregorian) calendar, causing widespread confusion and scandal among clergy and faithful who wished to remain faithful to the Julian calendar—the calendar of the Holy Fathers,…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary events in modern Church history — the third appearance of the Holy Cross in the sky above Athens. On the night of September 13-14/26-27, 1925, thousands of faithful had…
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the…
On Thursday, the 29th of August/11th of September, 2025, on the feast of the Beheading of the Holy Foreunner and Baptist John, the Protopresbyter Victor Melehov and the Presbytera Lucia were tonsured as monastics in Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The…
In glorious memory of Father Archimandrite Veniamin (Voznyuk) 1926-2025. On Saturday, May 25/June 7, 2025, on the eve of the Great Feast of Pentecost, Father Archimandrite Veniamin Voznyuk passed away peacefully in his monastic cell in the Chilean suburb of…
by St. Isidore of Pelusium The Lord did not simply curse the fig tree ( a known symbol of the Jewish people) but to show to the ungrateful Judeans that He has the strength necessary to punish.
Epistle of a Patriarch of old to the Fathers of Sinai The grandeur and Sanctity of places, without virtue though, do not benefit a soul just as Paradise did not benefit Adam when he was disobedient Nor was Lucifer benefited…
When we say “the Christian Church”, we mean the collection of those believing in Christ as the Saviour of the world and those who thus are in communion with God in that exact same profession of the Faith and Holy…
By Bishop Philaretos The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh is not an abstract doctrine, nor a poetic expression of hope. It is the very bedrock of the Christian faith. To confess anything less than His bodily…
