RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
For the generation of Russian émigrés who lived through the diaspora of the 20th century, many of the saints of recent decades were their pastors, confessors, and friends. In this special audio recording, we share a rare oral history from…
“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…
Seven years have passed since the day of the death of the royal martyrs, and we are offering on this universal altar the bloodless sacrifice in their memory. The prayer of love is our constant obligation before them and their…
by ARCHBISHOP NIKON (RKLITSKY) of Washington and Florida The Holy Church wishes to commune with joy over those who were risen from the dead through the Lord, Who gave us eternal life, not only the host of Holy Angels…
This is the very beginning of Great Lent. For whatever we begin in life, we always compose some kind of plan of action, a program of what we have to accomplish and in what order. But here we don’t have…
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First, a Historical Note on Archbishop Amvrossy (Merezhko) formerly of Pittsburgh and West Virginia source: ROCOR Studies Archbishop Amvrossy (Adrian Merezhko, 25 Aug 1889-26 Nov/9 Dec 1974) was born near Kiev in 1889. He grew up in the Kiev Caves…
Biography of Vladika Ioasaph (Ivan Vassilievich Skorodumov), Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Paraguay Archbishop Ioasaph was born on 14/26 January 1888 in the village of Rebovichi, Tikhvin county, Novgorod province (NW Russia, approximately 200 km. east of Saint Petersburg)…
From the archives of our monastery.
Left to right; Russian priest, Metropolitan Akakios of Diavleia, Archbishop Laurus of ROCOR, in behind in black Archimandrite (later Metropolitan of Knossos) Merkourios, Archbishop Auxentios of the Church of Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, Metropolitan Petros of Astoria, in behind in black Archimandrite (later Metropolitan of Attiki and Megara) Antonios, Metropolitan Gerontios of Piraeus, Archimandrite Niphon (Astyfidis, brother according to the flesh of Metropolitan Petros)
SORROWFUL EPISTLE To the Clergy and Laity of the suffering Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the…
