The Official Website of the RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
The Official Website of the RTOC Diocese of Pallini & Western Europe
Between Service and Heart’s Calling While I was staying at the bishop’s residence, preparations were being made for my assignment as priest to a small parish. At the same time, I was encouraged to begin looking for an apartment of…
Why Did Christ Give the Holy Forerunner This Extraordinary Praise? Each year, as the Church celebrates the Nativity of the Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John, we hear once again the remarkable words of our Lord Jesus Christ: “Verily…
Yesterday was a day of profound joy and thanksgiving for our Diocese as, by the grace of God, James was ordained to the Holy Diaconate during the Divine Liturgy. It was not merely the ordination of another clergyman, but a…
5 July / 22 June 2026(New Calendar / Old Calendar) With thanksgiving to Almighty God, we joyfully announce the ordination to the Holy Diaconate of James Gross of Guildford, Surrey, England. The ordination took place today at our Church of…
During Great Lent, I felt extreme depression in my situation and loneliness. On the Feast of the Unfading Rose, I begged the Most Holy Theotokos, and this black cloud was immediately lifted. I continued on to serve and to visit…
When I left America, I never imagined that I would be leaving it for good. My intention was not to return permanently to Greece. I thought I would spend only a short time there before the Lord revealed the next…
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the Faith; prove your own selves.” (2 Corinthians 13:5) Many things occupy the mind of modern man. We examine the actions of politicians, the mistakes of our neighbors, the failures of our clergy(ooooo!), and…
My year as a deacon at the Cathedral of the Genuine Orthodox Church in Astoria, New York, had come to an end. Astoria, at that time, was like living in a Greek city…a “Little Greece”. I left quietly. I did…
After spending my teenage years searching, studying, traveling, and seeking guidance, I thought I was done with Greece and was again returning to the United States with a clear purpose. I wanted to find a place where I could begin…
Life resumed, at least outwardly, as before. I continued my studies in the United States, but something had changed within me. The flame that had begun years earlier was no longer merely a longing. It had become a direction. Whenever…