RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
We have uploaded a new recording to our Readings and Reflections YouTube series. It is the life of our Venerable Mother Irene, the Abbess of Chrysovalantou. St. Irene chose the love of Christ over the glory of an earthly kingdom.…
The Orthodox Church venerates many saints whose lives of piety, devotion, and miraculous intercession continue to inspire the faithful. Among these holy men and women stands our Holy Mother Irene, the revered Abbess of the Convent of Chrysovalantou. Her life,…
Translated by Hierodeacon Philaretos The Life of St. Irene Chrysovalantou St. Irene Chrysovalantou flourished after the death of the greedy Emperor Theophilos the first. After Theophilos’s death his spouse, the most reverend and God-loving Theodora, took the throne. The Empress Theodora supported…
