RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
From the Gospel account of how the blessed event of the Mother of God’s annunciation took place, we know that in response to Archangel Gabriel’s tidings that She had been chosen to become the Mother of God the Word incarnate,…
[171] THERE is no one in existence who is able to praise worthily the holy death of God’s Mother, even if he should have a thousand tongues and a thousand mouths. Not if all the most eloquent tongues could be…
by St. John of Damascus [147] THE memory of the just takes place with rejoicing, said Solomon, the wisest of men; for precious in God’s sight is the death of His saints, according to the royal* David. If, then, the memory…
The Most-Holy Virgin, the Mother of God, lived for some fifteen or twenty years following the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven. During this time, she was as a wanderer fervently wishing to return to her homeland, preparing…
Concerning the “House where the Virgin Fell Asleep” Unlike today, up until the 19th century, both the East and the West believed that the Theotokos or Mary the Mother of God fell asleep in Sion (where the home of St.…
In wishing all of you a blessed fast in preparation of the Dormition of the Most-Holy Theotokos, I thought it wise to remind ourselves of a few things. This fast is a strict fast like the one of Great Lent.…
