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A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.

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A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.

Words from the Saints -- May 23, 2024

Gerald Largent

"No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire." --St. Ignatius of Antioch

"When you pray to God in time of temptation do not say, 'Take this or that away from me', but pray like this: 'O Jesus Christ, sovereign Master, help me and do not let me sin against You...'" --Abba Isaiah

"Do not think that you have a right to complain when your prayers are not answered. God fulfills your desires in a manner that you do not know." --St. Nektarios the Wonderworker

"If we knew at what time we were to depart from this world, we would be able to select a season for pleasure and another for repentance. But God, who has promised pardon to every repentant sinner, has not promised us tomorrow. Therefore we must always dread the final day, which we can never foresee. This very day is a day of truce, a day for conversion. And yet we refuse to cry over the evil we have done! Not only do we not weep for the sins we have committed, we even add to them... If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow. Nobody must rejoice in the security of their own good deeds. As long as we are still experiencing the uncertainties of this life, we do not know what end may follow...we must not trust in our own virtues." --St. Gregory the Great

Vespers for May 23, 2024

Gerald Largent

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On May 23, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Holy Father and Confessor Michael, Bishop of Synnada.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, May 24, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Typica on May 20, 2024

Gerald Largent

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On May 20, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Martyr Thalelaeus and those with him.

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

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of May 19, 2024

Gerald Largent

For healing: Archbishop Nathaniel, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. John Henry, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Deacon Jorge, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Subdeacon Nicholas, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Mary Jo, Clara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Kathleen, Walter, Andrew, Natalie, Arthur, Diana, Nicole, Rene, Jennifer, Michael, Marc, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Darina, Jay, William, Gloria, Daria, Jude, George, Carol, Andrew, Jodi, Richard, Ashley, Benjamin, Ilarion, Rita, Elena, Cami

For God’s protection: all who are missing

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military; 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: Bishop Matthias, Fr. Michael, Toader, Mircea, Radu, Patricia, Lucia, Eugenia

Readings for the Week of May 19, 2024

Gerald Largent

5/19: Acts 6:1-7; Mark 15:43-16:8

5/20: Acts 6:8-7:5, 47-60; John 4:46-54

5/21: Acts 8:5-17; John 6:27-33

5/22: Acts 8:18-25; John 6:35-39

5/23: Acts 8:26-39; John 6:40-44

5/24: Acts 8:40-9:19; John 6:48-54

5/25: Acts 9:19-31; John 15:17-16:2

Typica on May 17, 2024

Gerald Largent

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On May 17, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Apostle Andronicos of the Seventy with his companion Junia.

The prescribed readings are Acts 5:1-11 and John 5:30-6:2.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, May 20, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints -- May 16, 2024

Gerald Largent

"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

Vespers for May 16, 2024

Gerald Largent

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On May 16, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Venerable Father Theodore the Sanctified, Disciple of St. Pachomios.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, May 17, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Typica on May 13, 2024

Gerald Largent

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

On May 13, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Virgin Martyr Glyceria.

The prescribed readings are Acts 3:19-26 and John 2:1-11.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of May 12, 2024

Gerald Largent

For healing: Archbishop Nathaniel, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. John Henry, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Deacon Jorge, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Subdeacon Nicholas, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Mary Jo, Clara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Kathleen, Walter, Andrew, Natalie, Arthur, Diana, Nicole, Rene, Jennifer, Michael, Marc, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Darina, Jay, William, Gloria, Daria, Jude, George, Carol, Andrew, Jodi, Richard, Ashley, Benjamin, Ilarion, Rita, Elena, Cami

For God’s protection: all who are missing

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military; 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: Bishop Matthias, Fr. Michael, Barbara, Toader, Mircea, Radu, Patricia, Lucia, Eugenia, John, Julia

Readings for the Week of May 12, 2024

Gerald Largent

5/12: Acts 5:12-20; John 20:19-31

5/13: Acts 3:19-26; John 2:1-11

5/14: Acts 4:1-10; 1 Corinthians 15:39-57; John 3:16-21; 5:24-30

5/15: Acts 4:13-22; John 5:17-24

5/16: Acts 4:23-31; John 5:24-30

5/17: Acts 5:1-11; John 5:30-6:2

5/18: Acts 5:21-33; John 6:14-27

Words from the Saints -- May 9, 2024

Gerald Largent

“The tongue of a back-biting soul is three-pronged: it injures the speaker, the listener and sometimes the person being maligned.” --St. Thalassios the Libyan

“It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.” --St. Ignatius of Antioch

"Live simply, honestly, always remember that God sees everything, and as for the rest, do not pay attention!" --Elder Anatoly Potapov of Optina

"The remembrance of God is suffering of heart endured in a spirit of devotion. But he who forgets God becomes self-indulgent and insensitive." --St. Mark the Ascetic

Prayer List for the Week of May 5, 2024

Gerald Largent

For healing: Archbishop Nathaniel, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. John Henry, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Deacon Jorge, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Subdeacon Nicholas, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Mary Jo, Clara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Kathleen, Walter, Andrew, Natalie, Arthur, Diana, Nicole, Rene, Jennifer, Michael, Marc, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Darina, Jay, William, Gloria, Daria, Jude, George, Carol, Andrew, Jodi, Richard, Ashley, Benjamin, Ilarion, Rita, Elena, Cami

For God’s protection: all who are missing

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

For God’s protection: all those in the military; 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: Bishop Matthias, Fr. Michael, Fr. Victor, JoAnn, Cornelia, Barbara, Toader, Mircea, Radu, Patricia, Lucia, Eugenia, Julia, John, Gerald, Marcella, Helen, George

Readings for the Week of May 5, 2024

Gerald Largent

5/5: Acts 1:1-8; John 1:1-17; John 20:19-25

5/6: Acts 1:12-17, 21-26; John 1:18-28

5/7: Acts 2:14-21; Luke 24:12-35

5/8: Acts 2:22-36; John 1:35-51

5/9: Acts 2:38-43; John 3:1-15

5/10: Acts 3:1-8; Philippians 2:5-11; John 2:12-22; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28

5/11: Acts 3:11-16; John 3:22-33

Words from the Saints -- May 2, 2024

Gerald Largent

"Do you know what a great gift it is that God gave us the right to speak to Him every hour and moment, wherever we are? He always listens to us. This is the greatest honor we have. For this reason we must love God." --Elder Porphyrios

"Ever let mercy outweigh all else in you. Let our compassion be a mirror where we may see in ourselves that likeness and that true image which belong to God. A heart hard and unmerciful will never be pure." --St. Isaac of Syria

"When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor." --St. John Climacus

"Often, our trouble is that we ascribe our evil to another!" --St. John of Kronstadt

"To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless, but who is sinless except God? Who ever thinks about the multitude of his own sins in his heart never wants to make the sins of others a topic of conversation. To judge a man who has gone astray is a sign of pride, and God resists the proud. On the other hand, one who every hour prepares himself to give answer for his own sins will not quickly lift up his head to examine the mistakes of others." --St. Gennadius of Constantinople