RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Those who are involved in metalworks are not deterred by the dust and ash nor by the clouting of the hammer, the toil, or the heat of the fire, but rather, after taking a lump of copper or iron diligently…
Today, according to the Church’s traditional calendar, we mark a sorrowful and deeply significant day in the history of the Orthodox world: the fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. This moment marked not only the political collapse of the…
The Church received from the Holy Apostles to perform memorial services on the third, ninth, and fortieth day and so on for those who have fallen asleep in the Lord. Since many have throughout the ages died in foreign lands,…
Question:What does the staff of Moses and the struck rock that water came forth from symbolize?Answer:The staff symbolizes the Cross, the rock the Church, the water symbolizes the Holy Baptism that comes from the Church. “orthodoxos omologia” ορθοδοξος ομολογια orthodox…
Commemorated on June 2 Today the Holy Orthodox Church honours Saint Lydia of Philippi, the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe, whose faith and hospitality mark the dawn of the Gospel’s journey across the continent. Saint Lydia was a…
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…
The novelty of the Pope having a clean-shaven face, along with the rest of his clergy, was introduced in the papist church before Leo IX. Gregory Vii even went so far as to use force to make the clergy shave…
Today we celebrate the Apodosis—the Leave-Taking—of the Feast of Mid-Pentecost, the moment that liturgically closes the eight-day period set apart to reflect on Christ as the Giver of Living Water. Positioned between Pascha and Pentecost, Mid-Pentecost reminds us of Christ’s…
