June 1, 2022: The Leave-Taking of Pascha

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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Akathist to St. Panteleimon (5/31/22)

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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Prayer List for the Week of May 29, 2022

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, John, Joyce, Nicole, Rene, Jennifer, Pat

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Archbishop Paul, Rose Mary, Ellen, Justin

Readings for the Week of May 29, 2022

5/29: Acts 16:16-34; John 9:1-38

5/30: Acts 17:1-15; John 11:47-57

5/31: Acts 17:19-28; John 12:19-36

6/1: Acts 18:22-28; John 12:36-47

6/2: Acts 1:1-12; Luke 24:36-53

6/3: Acts 19:1-8; John 14:1-11

6/4: Acts 20:7-12; John 14:10-21

Typica Service on May 26, 2022: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Carpus and Alphaeus

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Apostles of the Seventy Carpus and Alphaeus.

The prescribed readings are Acts 14:20-27 and John 9:39-10:9.

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Akathist to St. Panteleimon (5/25/22)

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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Typica Service on May 23, 2022: Our Holy Father and Confessor Michael, Bishop of Synnada

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Holy Father and Confessor Michael, Bishop of Synnada.

The prescribed readings are Acts 12:12-17 and John 8:42-51.

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Prayer List for the Week of May 22, 2022

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Susan, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, Diana, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, John, Joyce, Rene, Jennifer, Pat

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Archbishop Paul, Rose Mary, Ellen, Justin

Readings for the Week of May 22, 2022

5/22: Acts 11:19-26, 29-30; John 4:5-42

5/23: Acts 12:12-17; John 8:42-51

5/24: Acts 12:25-13:12; John 8:51-59

5/25: Acts 13:13-24; John 6:5-14

5/26: Acts 14:20-27; John 9:39-10:9

5/27: Acts 15:5-34; John 10:17-28

5/28: Acts 15:35-41; John 10:27-38

Words from the Saints – May 19, 2022

"Reading the Holy Scriptures is like a treasure. With a treasure, you see, anyone able to find a tiny nugget gains for himself great wealth; likewise in the case of Sacred Scripture, you can get from a small phrase a great wealth of thought and immense riches." --St. John Chrysostom

"How great is the wisdom which the Lord has infused even into little creatures! The turtledove covers her nest with onion sprouts to prevent wolves from attacking her fledglings. She knows that wolves usually shun these sprouts. Why are you heedless in not making provision against the onslaughts of the iniquitous wolves of the spirit by providing greater security for the life which will follow this?" --St. Ambrose of Milan

"No one in creation is rich but he that fears God; no one is truly poor but he that lacks the truth." --St. Ephraim the Syrian

"All who truly believe in Christ and cleave to Him with all their soul, are changed into His image by the power of His Resurrection." --St. Theophan the Recluse

"We must consider all evil things, even the passions which war against us, to be not our own, but of our enemy the devil. This is very important. You can only conquer a passion when you do not consider it as part of you." --St. Nikon of Optina

Typica Service on May 19, 2022: The Holy Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa, with his priests Acacios, Menander and Polyaenos

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa, with his priests Acacios, Menander and Polyaenos.

The prescribed readings are Acts 10:34-43 and John 8:12-20.

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Akathist to St. Panteleimon (5/17/22)

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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Typica Service on May 16, 2022: Our Venerable Father Theodore the Sanctified

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Venerable Father Theodore the Sanctified.

The prescribed readings are Acts 10:1-16 and John 6:56-69.

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Prayer List for the Week of May 15, 2022

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Susan, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, Diana, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, John, Joyce, Rene, Jennifer

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Archbishop Paul, Rose Mary, Ellen, Justin

Readings for the Week of May 15, 2022

5/15: Acts 9:32-42; John 5:1-15

5/16: Acts 10:1-16; John 6:56-69

5/17: Acts 10:21-33; John 7:1-13

5/18: Acts 14:6-18; John 7:14-30

5/19: Acts 10:34-43; John 8:12-20

5/20: Acts 10:44-11:10; John 8:21-30

5/21: Acts 26:1-5,12-20; John 10:1-9

Words from the Saints – May 12, 2022

"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist." --St. Augustine of Hippo

"I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came." --St. Ephraim the Syrian

"For Your sake we came into being, so that we might delight in the paradise which You have planted and in which You have placed us." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"Do not neglect to eliminate any fault, no matter how small, for it may lead you on to greater sins." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"The Christian struggle is glorious, for the prize is not something ephemeral, but it is eternal glory up in heaven! Blessed is he who is wise in GOD, for no account will be demanded of him, and he will not find himself in a difficult position when GOD calls him to give an account for his time on earth." --Elder Ephraim of Mount Athos

"There is only one physician, who is both flesh and spirit, born and unborn, God in man, true life in death, both from Mary and from God, first subject to suffering and then beyond it, Jesus Christ our Lord." --St. Ignatius of Antioch

Typica Service on May 12, 2022: Ss. Epiphanios and Germanos

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On this day of the month, the Orthodox Church commemorates St. Epiphanios, Bishop of Cyprus; and St. Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople.

The prescribed readings are Acts 8:26-39 and John 6:40-44.

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Akathist to St. Panteleimon (5/10/22)

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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Typica Service on May 9, 2022: The Holy Prophet Isaiah; The Holy Great Martyr Christopher

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On this day of the month, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Prophet Isaiah and the Holy Great Martyr Christopher.

The prescribed readings are Acts 6:8-7:5, 47-60 and John 4:46-54.

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Prayer List for the Week of May 8, 2022

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Susan, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, Diana, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, John, Joyce, Rene, Jennifer

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Archbishop Paul, Scott, Stephen, John, Maria, Rose Mary, Ellen, Justin, Julia, John