The Official Website of the RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
The Official Website of the RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
+ Episcopul Filaret Cât de ciudat pare în lumea noastră de astăzi că unii ortodocși încă postesc și niște “Ortodocși” (eu folosesc termenii vag, în prima referință găsesc o minoritate și în a doua referință nu găsesc nici una) se…
An article from a Greek Newspaper of 1926 The official Church of Greece is celebrating the Nativity of Christ for already the third time at the same time as the churches of the West with whom very foundational and essential…
+ BP How strange it seems in our world today that some Orthodox are still fasting and some “Orthodox” (I use the terms loosely, in the first reference I find a minority and in the second reference I find none)…
What if???
A Testimony for Our Times Introduction In 1924 the Romanian Orthodox Church adopted the new (Gregorian) calendar, causing widespread confusion and scandal among clergy and faithful who wished to remain faithful to the Julian calendar—the calendar of the Holy Fathers,…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary events in modern Church history — the third appearance of the Holy Cross in the sky above Athens. On the night of September 13-14/26-27, 1925, thousands of faithful had…
In 2025, many Christians will mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea in 325 AD. It is indeed right to celebrate this monumental event, which upheld the true faith and established foundational principles for Church…
The celebration of the Nativity of Christ in 1924 for the True Orthodox Christians of Greece was one full of agony during that time of persecution. Just 9 months after the innovators of the Church of Greece changed their calendar,…
(Kalamata, 1895 – Agia Anna, Mount Athos, September 1950) A blessed vessel of the Lord’s grace in the 20th century, Joachim maintained a lifelong love for Christ-centered asceticism and prayer. LIFE AND WORKS A. Birth and Upbringing: Joachim, born Ioannis…