Words from the Saints -- September 17, 2020

"God judges our intention, but in that which is within our power He, in man-befriending wise, also requires us to act. Great is he who leaves undone nothing that is within his power; but greater is he who humbly attempts what is beyond his power." --St. John Climacus

"The Kingdom of Heaven is not a reward for works, but a gift of grace prepared by the Master for His faithful servants." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"The soul is greater than the body: the body becomes sick, and with that it is finished. But a spiritual sickness extends into eternity. Deliver us, O lord, from such illness, and grant us healing." --St. Macarius

"If you wish not to fall away from the love of God, do not let your brother go to bed feeling irritated with you, and do not go to bed yourself feeling irritated with him. Reconcile yourself with your brother, and then come to Christ with a clear conscience and offer Him your gift of love in earnest prayer (Matthew 5:24)." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"Unexpected trials are sent by God to teach us to practice the ascetic life; and they lead us to repentance even when we are reluctant." --St. Mark the Ascetic

Prayer List for the Week of September 13, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Fr. Serhii, Matushka Myra, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy, Allan, Demetri, Theodore, John

For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Matushka Janet, Christina, Elaine, Lefkey, Jimmie, Thomas, Gus, Sophia, Peter, James, Ann

Readings for the Week of September 13, 2020

9/13: Galatians 6:11-18; John 3:13-17

9/14: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24; John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35

9/15: Colossians 1:24-29, 2:1; Matthew 10:16-22

9/16: Galatians 3:15-22; Mark 6:1-13

9/17: Galatians 3:23-4:5; Mark 6:30-45

9/18: Galatians 4:8-4:21; Mark 6:45-53

9/19: 1 Corinthians 1:26-29; John 8:21-30

Words from the Saints -- September 10, 2020

"Do not listen to talk about other people's sins. For through such listening the form of these sins is imprinted on you." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"Those permitted by God to test us either inflame the desiring aspect of the soul, or stir up its incensive power, or darken its intelligence, or envelop its body in pain, or deprive us of bodily necessities." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"His mistake was to justify himself; who does that destroys himself." --St. Poemen

"Why do you fall into the destruction of the devil through him and with him? Preserve the sublime nature with which you were born. Persevere just as you were made by God. Establish your soul with the state of your face and body. That you may be able to know God, know yourself first. Abandon the idols which human error invented. Turn to God, and if you implore Him, He comes to your aid. Believe in Christ whom the Father sent to quicken and restore us." --St. Cyprian of Carthage

"Jesus is the Christ, our Lord and our God, who grants us faith in Him so that we may live." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"Some people with a hot temper do not worry about it and ignore the remedies that would heal them. They forget, unfortunately, what is written: 'Surely anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.' (Job 5:2)" --St. John Climacus

"Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky." --St. Nilus of Sinai

Prayer List for the Week of September 6, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Fr. Serhii, Matushka Myra, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy, Allan, Demetri, Theodore

For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Matushka Janet, Margaret, Maria, Christina, Elaine, Lefkey, Jimmie, Thomas, Gus, Sophia, Peter, James, Ann

Readings for the Week of September 6, 2020

9/6: 1 Corinthians 16:13-24; Matthew 21:33-42

9/7: 2 Corinthians 12:10-19; Mark 4:10-23

9/8: Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28

9/9: 2 Corinthians 13:3-13; Mark 4:35-41

9/10: Galatians 1:1-10, 20-2:5; Mark 5:1-20

9/11: Galatians 2:6-10; Mark 5:22-24, 35-6:1

9/12: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9; Matthew 10:37-42

Words from the Saints -- September 3, 2020

"Do not stop praying as long as, by God's grace, the fire and the water [i.e. fervor and tears] have not been exhausted, for it may happen that never again in your whole life will you have such a chance to ask for the forgiveness for your sins." --St. John Climacus

"If one becomes angry with one's neighbor on account of riches, fame or pleasure, one does not yet realize that God orders all things with justice." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"Anyone who truly wants to follow God must be free from the bonds of attachment to this life. To do this we must make a complete break with our old way of life. Indeed, unless we avoid all obsession with the body and with the concerns of this world, we shall never succeed in pleasing God. We must depart as it were to another world in our way of thinking, as the Apostle said: 'Our citizenship is in heaven.'" --St. Basil the Great

"Born as a son, led forth as a lamb, sacrificed as a sheep, buried as a man, He rose from the dead as a God, for He was by nature God and Man. He is all things: He judges, and so He is Law; He teaches, and so He is Word; He saves, and so He is Grace; He begets, and so He is Father, He is begotten, and so He is Son; He suffers, and so He is Sacrifice; He is buried, and so He is Man; He rises again, and so He is God. This is Jesus Christ, to Whom belongs Glory for all ages." --St. Melito of Sardis

"Remembrance of Jesus' passion will heal your soul of resentment, by making it ashamed of itself when it remembers the patience of the Lord. Some people have wearied themselves and suffered for a long time in order to extract forgiveness. By far the best course, however, is to forget the offenses, since the Lord says: 'Forgive at once and you will be forgiven in generous measure' (cf. Luke 6:37-38)." --St. John Climacus

"Some of the things given to us by God for our use are in the soul, others are in the body and others relate to the body. In the soul are its powers; in the body are the sense organs and other members; relating to the body are food, money, possessions and so on. Our good or bad use of these things given us by God, or of what is contingent upon them, reveals whether we are virtuous or evil." --St. Maximos the Confessor

Prayer List for the Week of August 30, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Fr. Serhii, Matushka Myra, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy, Allan, Demetri

For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. *** .

Departed: Matushka Janet, Margaret, Maria, Christina, Elaine, Lefkey, Jimmie, Thomas, Gus, Sophia, Peter

Readings for the Week of August 30, 2020

8/30: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26

8/31: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 3:6-12

9/1: 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 4:16-22

9/2: 2 Corinthians 9:12-10:7; Mark 3:20-27

9/3: 2 Corinthians 10:7-18; Mark 3:28-35

9/4: 2 Corinthians 11:5-21; Mark 4:1-9

9/5: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9; Matthew 22:15-22

Words from the Saints -- August 27, 2020

"When you delight in hearing evil talk, be angry with yourself and not with the speaker. For listening in a sinful way makes the messenger seem sinful." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the soul. Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself the pure intellect." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"Below the first, there is a second kind of prayer, when words are uttered, while the heart is touched, and the mind follows them, and knows to Whom the supplication is addressed." --St. Nilus of Sinai

"He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears." --St. Poemen

"But how is it possible to become like the Lord and have knowledge of God if one is subject to physical pleasures? Every pleasure is the consequence of an appetite, and an appetite is a certain pain and anxiety, caused by need, which requires some object." --St. Clement of Alexandria

"He who prays for those who offend him is without rancor; and the unstinting giver is set free from it." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"Blessed the one who loves good and fair words and hates base and destructive speech, because he will not become a prisoner of the Evil One." --St. Ephraim of Syria

Prayer List for the Week of August 23, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy, Allan, Demetri

For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Margaret, Maria, Christina, Elaine, Lefkey, Jimmie, Thomas, Gus, Sophia, Peter

Readings for the Week of August 23, 2020

8/23: 1 Corinthians 9:2-12; Matthew 18:23-35

8/24: 2 Corinthians 5:10-15; Mark 1:9-15

8/25: 2 Corinthians 5:15-21; Mark 1:16-22

8/26: 2 Corinthians 6:11-16; Mark 1:23-28

8:27: 2 Corinthians 7:1-10; Mark 1:29-35

8/28: 2 Corinthians 7:10-16; Mark 2:18-22

8/29: Acts 13:25-32; Mark 6:14-30

Words from the Saints -- August 20, 2020

"Do not listen gleefully to gossip at your neighbor's expense or chatter to a person who likes finding fault. Otherwise you will fall away from divine love and find yourself cut off from eternal life." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"Purity is the fellowship with and likeness to God, so far as is possible for men." --St. John of the Ladder

"Just as a man whose head is under water cannot inhale pure air, so a man whose thoughts are plunged into the cares of this world cannot absorb the sensation of the world to come." --St. Isaac the Syrian

"Understand the words of Holy Scripture by putting them into practice, and do not fill yourself with conceit by elaborating on theoretical ideas." --St. Mark the Ascetic

Readings for the Week of August 16, 2020

Today: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Matthew 17:14-23

Tomorrow: 2 Corinthians 2:4-15; Matthew 23:13-22

Tuesday 8/18: 2 Corinthians 2:14-3:3; Matthew 23:23-28

Wednesday 8/19: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11; Matthew 23:29-39

Thursday 8/20: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; Matthew 24:13-28

Friday 8/21: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18; Matthew 24:27-33, 42-51

Saturday 8/22: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Matthew 19:3-12

Prayer List for the Week of August 16, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy

For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Margaret, Maria

Words from the Saints -- August 13, 2020

"It is not darkness and desolateness of place that give demons power against us, but barrenness of soul." --St. John Climacus

"I have found the words and the commandments of Christ pure, holy, true, splendid, brighter than the sun; and whoever believes in Christ and calls Him God and lives in accordance with His teaching, contained in the Holy Gospels, is fortunate and thrice-blessed." --St. Kosmas Aitolos

"The secret sinner is worse than those who do evil openly; and so he receives a worse punishment." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"Beloved, even if we should attain the very pinnacle of virtue, let us consider ourselves least of all, as we have learned that pride is able to cast down even from the heavens the person who does not take heed, and humility of mind is able to bring up on High from the very abyss of sin the person who knows how to be sober. For this is what placed the Publican before the Pharisee. By pride I mean an overwhelming boastful spirit, surpassing even incorporeal powers, that of the devil himself while humility of mind and acknowledgment of sins by the robber is what brought him into Paradise before the Apostles." --St. John Chrysostom

"The truly intelligent man pursues one sole objective: to obey and to conform to the God of all. With this single aim in view, he disciplines his soul, and whatever he may encounter in the course of his life, he gives thanks to God for the compass and depth of His providential ordering of all things. For it is absurd to be grateful to doctors who give us bitter and unpleasant medicines to cure our bodies, and yet to be ungrateful to God for what appears to us to be harsh, not grasping that all we encounter is for our benefit and in accordance with His providence. For knowledge of God and faith in Him is the salvation and perfection of the soul." --St. Anthony the Great

Prayer List for the Week of August 9, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Danielle

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Areri, Vasiliki, Theothodi, Nicolaos, Savvas, Theodi, Kiriakos, Haralambos, Savvas, Marios, Niki, George, Margaret, Maria, Stephen, Gloria, Mark

Readings for the Week of August 9, 2020

8/9: 1 Corinthians 3:9-17; Matthew 14:22-34

8/10: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19; Matthew 21:18-22

8/11: 1 Corinthians 15:29-38; Matthew 21:23-27

8/12: 1 Corinthians 16:4-12; Matthew 21:28-32

8/13: 2 Corinthians 1:1-7; Matthew 21:43-46

8/14: 2 Corinthians 1:12-20; Matthew 22:23-33

8/15: Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28

Words from the Saints -- August 6, 2020

"Pray simply. Do not expect to find in your heart any remarkable gift of prayer. Consider yourself unworthy of it. Then you will find peace. Use the empty cold dryness of your prayer as food for your humility."--St. Macarius of Optina

"If someone shuts a snake and a scorpion up in a bottle, in time, they will be completely destroyed. So it is with evil thoughts: they are suggested by the demons; they disappear through patience." --St. Poemen

"Discouragement does not allow the one who falls to get back up, and laziness throws down the one who is upright. The latter deprives us constantly of the goods that we gain; it does not allow us to escape from the evils that are to come. Laziness throws us down even from heaven, while discouragement hurls us down even to the very abyss of wickedness. Indeed, we can quickly return from there if we do not become discouraged." --St. John Chrysostom

"Of course, it would be easier to get to paradise with a full stomach, all snuggled up in a soft feather-bed, but what is required is to carry one’s cross along the way, for the kingdom of God is not attained by enduring one or two troubles, but many!" --St. Anthony of Optina

"Life without Christ is not life. That's just the way it is... If you don't see Christ in everything you do, you are without Christ." --St. Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite

"It is impossible for those who have not first lived in obedience to obtain humility; for everyone who has learned an art on his own, fancies himself." --St. John of the Ladder

Prayer List for the Week of August 2, 2020

For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Danielle

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Areri, Vasiliki, Theothodi, Nicolaos, Savvas, Theodi, Kiriakos, Haralambos, Savvas, Marios, Niki, George, Margaret, Maria, Julia, John