Prayer List for the Week of August 27, 2023

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Michael, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Darina, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Dorina, Elena, Jason, Michael, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Elaine

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: all emergency medical workers, firefighters and police officers

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: William, Anna

Readings for the Week of August 27, 2023

8/27: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26

8/28: 2 Corinthians 8:7-9:5; Mark 3:6-19

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

8/30: 2 Corinthians 9:12-10:7; Mark 3:20-27

8/31: 2 Corinthians 10:7-18; Mark 3:28-35

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

9/2: 1 Corinthians 1:26-29; John 8:21-30

Typica Service on August 25, 2023

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is August 25, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Apostle Bartholomew and the Holy Apostle Titus of the Seventy.

The prescribed readings are 2 Corinthians 7:10-16 and Mark 2:18-22.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, August 28, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints -- August 24, 2023

"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

Moleben to St. Panteleimon (8/23/23)

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, August 25, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Typica Service on August 21, 2023

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is August 21, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Apostle Thaddaeus.

The prescribed readings are 2 Corinthians 5:10-15 and Mark 1:9-15.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, August 23, at 7pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of August 20, 2023

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Michael, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Darina, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Dorina, Elena, Jason, Michael, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Sharon, Tiffany, Elaine

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: all emergency medical workers, firefighters and police officers

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: Marianne, William, Anna

Readings for the Week of August 20, 2023

8/20: 1 Corinthians 9:2-12; Matthew 18:23-35

8/21: 2 Corinthians 5:10-15; Mark 1:9-15

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

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

8/24: 2 Corinthians 7:1-10; Mark 1:29-35

8/25: 2 Corinthians 7:10-16; Mark 2:18-22

8/26: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9; Matthew 10:37-42

Typica Service on August 18, 2023

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is August 18, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Martyrs Floros and Lauros.

The prescribed readings are 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 and Matthew 24:27-33, 42-51.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, August 21, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints -- August 17, 2023

"Control your appetites (physically and spiritually) before they control you." --St. John Climacus

"No sinner can escape future judgment without experiencing in this life either voluntary hardships or afflictions he has not chosen." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"I reckon prosperity, O men, to consist in nothing else than in living according to truth. But we do not live properly, or according to truth, unless we understand the nature of things." --St. Justin Martyr

"When a person accepts anything Godly, then he rejoices in his heart, but when he has accepted anything devilish, then he becomes tormented." --St. Seraphim of Sarov

"The man ensnared by pride will need God's help, since man is of no use to him." --St. John Climacus

"Blessed the one who has not been worsted by the passion of despondency like a coward, but has found perfect endurance, by which all the Saints received their crowns." --St. Ephraim of Syria

Akathist to St. Panteleimon (8/16/23)

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, August 18, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Typica Service on August 14, 2023

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is August 14, 2023. It is the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Birthgiver-of-God. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Prophet Micah.

The prescribed readings are 2 Corinthians 2:4-3:3 and Matthew 23:13-28.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, August 16, at 7pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of August 13, 2023

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Michael, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Darina, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Dorina, Elena, Jason, Michael, Donald, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Papoulas, Nectarios, Constantine, Agape, Paul, Nicholas, Anna, Emmanuel, Marihiam, Mila, Peter, Natalie, Peter, Richard, James, Lori, Sharon, Kelly, Marcia, Scott, Badger, Tiffany

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: all emergency medical workers, firefighters and police officers

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: Barbara, Adele, Richard, Marianne, William, Anna

Readings for the Week of August 13, 2023

8/13: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Matthew 17:14-23

8/14: 2 Corinthians 2:4-3:3; Matthew 23:13-28

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

8/16: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11; Matthew 23:29-39

8/17: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; Matthew 24:13-28

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

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

Typica Service on August 11, 2023

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is August 11, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus.

The prescribed readings are 2 Corinthians 1:12-20 and Matthew 22:23-33.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, August 14, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints -- August 10, 2023

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

"We must keep in mind that whatever we do, openly or in secret, we do in the presence of our guardian angel." --St. Nikolai of Zicha

"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

"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

Moleben to St. Panteleimon (8/9/23)

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, August 11, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Typica Service on August 7, 2023

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is August 7, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Dometios the Persian.

The prescribed readings are 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 and Matthew 21:18-22.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, August 9, at 7pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of August 6, 2023

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Michael, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Darina, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Dorina, Elena, Jason, Michael, Donald, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Papoulas, Nectarios, Constantine, Agape, Paul, Nicholas, Anna, Emmanuel, Marihiam, Mila, Peter, Natalie, Peter, Richard, James, Lori, Sharon, Kelly, Marcia, Scott, Badger, Tiffany, Nicholas, Alyssa

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: all emergency medical workers, firefighters and police officers

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: Elena, Barbara, Adele, Richard, Marianne, William, Anna, Mark, Stephen, Gloria, George, Helen

Readings for the Week of August 6, 2023

8/6: 2 Peter 1:10-19; Matthew 17:1-9

8/7: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19; Matthew 21:18-22

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

8/9: 1 Corinthians 16:4-12; Matthew 21:28-32, 43-46

8/10: 2 Corinthians 1:1-7; Matthew 21:43-46

8/11: 2 Corinthians 1:12-20; Matthew 22:23-33

8/12: Romans 15:30-33; Matthew 17:24-18:4