

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe

RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Tag True Orthodoxy


A Hollow Sound
Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Jordanville A terrible, unrelieved, hopeless unscrupulousness has taken possession of many people. The true doctrine of the faith and the Church for which the first Christians died in such tortures has become a hollow sound…



Things You Never Expected to Learn About Being a Real Orthodox Christian from the “Skin Horse”.
The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a British children’s novel written by Margery Williams. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit’s desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished…

Archbishop Averky Explains Why We Need the Adjective “True” to Differentiate from the “World Orthodox”.
If we expect to withstand the world, it is first necessary to understand it and keep sensitively in mind that in this present age all that which carries the most holy and dear name of Orthodoxy is not in fact Orthodox. Rather, it is often "A fraudulent and usurped Orthodoxy" which we must fear and eschew as if it were fire. Unlike this spurious faith, true Orthodoxy was given and must be received without novelty

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…


“After Dark, all Cats are Leopards” – Saying of the Juni Native American Indian Tribe
If You Haven’t Studied Holy Orthodoxy, Then You Probably Won’t Notice When It’s Not Really Present Isn’t it true? Most so-called “Orthodox” have deep darkness about matters of the Faith. They haven’t studied it, they haven’t lived it. They haven’t…

Are the Terms “Christian” and “Orthodox” Accurate For Our Times?
UNTIL RECENTLY (written in 1975), the concepts and terms “Christian” and
“Orthodox” were unambiguous and meaningful.
Now, however, we are living through times so terrible, so filled with
falsehood and deception, that such concepts and terms no longer convey
what is significant when used without further clarification. They do not
reflect the essence of things, but have become little more than deceptive
labels.