RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
The Gospel reading that we heard today during the Divine Liturgy begins with the words of the Lord “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne…
-John W. Gardner
A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. An Orthodox View of Heart Transplantations by St. Philaret of New York The world, including most people who would identify…
Troparion Tone IV From childhood thou gavest thyself wholly to the Lord, abiding in prayer, labors and fasting, O God-bearing Philaret, and becamest a model of shining virtue for thy flock; therefore, beholding thy pious disposition, God appointed thee a…
21 mei / 3 juni 1968UW HEILIGHEID: Op de vreugdevolle dag van Pascha, wanneer onze Heilige Kerk de Feestdagen en het Feest der Feesten viert, kondigen alle Primaten van de Heilige Kerken van God hun kudden de vreugde van de…
Triumph of Orthodoxy from Orthodox Life Vol. 45, No. 1 January – February 1995 THE TRIUMPH OF ORTHODOXY by Saint Philaret First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad †1985 When our Lord Jesus Christ at the Mystical Supper conversed with His disciples,…
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Last night during the Vigil service and for the first time in the present cycle of Church services, we heard that penitent prayer which the Church addresses to God in…
St. Philaret of New York On the day of the feast of the Theophany – the Baptism of the Lord, it is not superfluous for every Orthodox Christian to remember yet another baptism, that baptism which was performed over each…
by St. Philaret Metropolitan of New York Translated by Hieromonk Varlaam Novakshonoff Foreword For many years now, during the era of our “youth cult,” it has been popular to use the expression, “the future of our Church is our youth.”…
Written by Dr. Vladimir Moss Early Years Metropolitan Philaret, in the world George Nikolayevich Voznesensky, was born in the city of Kursk on March 22 / April 4, 1903, into the family of Protopriest Nicholas. In 1909 the…
