RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
‘With the power of Thy Cross strengthen, O Christ, my thinking, that I may praise in song and glorify Thy redeeming Ascension.’ – From the Irmos of the First Canon of the Third Canticle of the Ascension. ‘Leaving the things…
Let that which tranquilizes my thoughts and my heart be committed to writing as a memorial to me of the constant peace of my heart amidst the cares and vanities of life. What is it? It is the Christian saying,…
“Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of clairvoyance…
from: Gregory Decapolite
“It is a wonderful thing that, no matter how much we trouble about our health, however much care we take of ourselves, whatever wholesome and pleasant food we eat, whatever wholesome drinks we drink, however much we walk in the…
Introduction and Compilation by Brother Michael Introduction Right before our baptism, the servant of God performing the mystery of Baptism, performs an exorcism on us, satan is expelled from us, and bound by the power of Christ our God, he…
On October 19, 1829, in the far north of Russia, a weak and sickly child, named John (Ioann), was born in the family of Ilia Sergiyev, church reader in the village of Sura in the Archangelsk province. This child was…
And so, the Feast of Feasts has passed by us: and the Royal Gates in the Lord’s temples are shut, and the service is no longer as triumphant as it was during Bright Week. What, then, brethren, has this feast…
