

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
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“What Good is the Rest of the Body When the Head is Corrupted?”
From the 1838 Encyclical “Against the Latin Innovations” of the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople An often-heard argument in “Orthodox” circles concerning heresies such as ecumenism is “It’s not our concern what the patriarchs and hierarchs are doing. We…

5 Questions to Prove that You Might Not Understand the Church in the Same Way as St. Gregory the Theologian
From the “Epistle of St. Gregory the Theologian to the One-Hundred and Fifty Bishops”. Would you prefer all the Canaanites or one Abraham? Would you prefer all the inhabitants of Sodom or one Righteous Lot? Would you prefer the Midianites…

Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the Devil wishes by every means to attach men to earthly, sensual, transitory things St. John of Kronstadt
St. John of Kronstadt: . . . Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth . . . ‘God came upon earth in order to raise us up to heaven.’…

The Nun Who Threw the Icon into the River – Video by Gregory Decapolite
Every kind of new iconoclasm will way heavy on our souls…

All Orthodox Christians Must Be Quarantined!
by Bishop Philaretos Quarantined not because they are sick, but to keep them safe from spiritual sickness which is everywhere! To preserve them from the infection which is called heresy. Don’t worry it doesn’t mean you won’t be in the…
Never Return a Vessel Empty
My mother belonged to a generation of very different people. Agewise, she could have easily been my grandmother. Even though she gave birth to me at an older age, she never was lazy in teaching me how to be a…

12 Reasons Orthodox Christians Light Candles in Church. Worshipping in Spirit and Truth.
In order to truly worship in Spirit and Truth, Orthodox Christians should know the meaning of whatever they do in Church or in private prayer. Below are 12 symbolisms of lighting candles in Church. 6 from Saint Symeon of Thessalonica…