RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
+ Bishop Philaretos As I grow older, people sometimes ask me why I chose the path I did. Much worse, and much more painful, are those who propose to understand me—those who desire to believe that I did everything to…
Much Devotion About Nothing. When religious activity replaces prayer.
By Priest Marco Mannini Giorgi ORTHODOXY AS HOPE FOR THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE Twenty-first-century Europe has undoubtedly given itself a well-defined socio-political identity, shaping itself according to a capitalist-liberal model and the cohesion of its member states, as a united,…
There was a time when to be a Christian meant danger. To confess Christ meant the possibility of exile, ridicule, poverty, imprisonment, or death. The early Christians entered the Church knowing that they might lose everything for the sake of…
In a time of great spiritual confusion and dogmatic compromise, the small confessing Orthodox community in the province of Padua, Italy, came into being through the labor, sacrifice, and tireless efforts of Archimandrite Adrian and Nun Arsenia, who undertook a…
Într-o vreme de mare confuzie duhovnicească și compromis dogmatic, mica comunitate ortodoxă mărturisitoare din provincia Padova (Italia) a luat naștere prin osteneala, jertfa și lucrarea neobosită a Arhimandritului Adrian și a monahiei Arsenia, care au dus o luptă duhovnicească dificilă…
Cantate al Signore un canto nuovo, la Sua lode nell’Assemblea dei Giusti. (Salmo 149) Nella settimana VI di Pasqua, il giorno della gloriosa Ascensione del Redentore Gesù Cristo, la piccola comunità di Pagliara, in Abruzzo, si è radunata presso la…
“Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise in the assembly of the righteous.” (Psalm 149) During the sixth week of Pascha, on the day of the glorious Ascension of our Redeemer Jesus Christ, the small community of…
This Sunday, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council — the God-bearing bishops who defended the truth of Christ against the rising tide of heresy. The battle fought at Nicaea was not merely theological argumentation…
Something is intimidating about the silence of Christ before Pontius Pilate. The Lord who opened the eyes of the blind, raised the dead, cast out demons, and taught with divine authority now stands accused before a corrupt court — and…
