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

Vespers on January 22, 2025

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

On January 23, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra.

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Typica on January 20, 2025

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

On January 20, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Holy and God-Bearing Father Euthymios the Great of Palestine.

The prescribed readings are 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 and Luke 6:17-23.

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Prayer List for the Week of January 19, 2025

Gerald Largent

For healing: Abbot Tryphon, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Dmitri, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr. Theodore, 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, Darina, Jay, George, Carol, Andrew, Jodi, Ilarion, Rita, Elena, William, Andrew, Nestor, Richard, Anna, Tikhon, Michelle, Daria, Mary, Mark, Alexis, Nathan, Ann, Herman, Lillian, Victoria, Michael, Marihiam, Alexandra, Kelly, Glen, Norma, Heather, Kathleen, Daria, Vera, Ella, Ava, Petros, Dionisia, Labrini, Michelle, Christopher

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: Fr. Thomas, George, Patricia, Alexandra, Stephen, Rodica, Lubov, Lubov, Ivan, Ivan, Nikolai, Ilya, Katerina, Leonid, Nina, Raisa, Alla, Alexey, Valentina, Alexey, Andrej, Kyril, Elias, Stamatina, Rick, Michelle, Deborah, Vasyl, Anna

Readings for the Week of January 19, 2025

Gerald Largent

1/19: Colossians 3:12-16; Luke 18:35-43

1/20: 2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Luke 6:17-23

1/21: Philippians 1:12-20; Luke 12:8-12

1/22: 2 Timothy 1:3-8; Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30

1/23: Philippians 3:20-21; 4:1-3; Mark 2:23-3:5

1/24: James 2:1-13; Mark 10:23-32

1/25: Colossians 1:3-6; Luke 16:10-15

Vespers and Matins on January 16, 2025

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

On January 17, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Venerable Father Anthony the Great.

The prescribed readings for Vespers are Wisdom of Solomon 5:15-6:3; Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 and Wisdom of Solomon 4:7-15.

The prescribed Gospel reading for Matins is Matthew 11:27-30.

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Words from the Saints -- January 16, 2025

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

"If the poison of pride is swelling up in you, turn to the Eucharist; and that Bread, Which is your God humbling and disguising Himself, will teach you humility. If the fever of selfish greed rages in you, feed on this Bread; and you will learn generosity. If the cold wind of coveting withers you, hasten to the Bread of Angels; and charity will come to blossom in your heart. If you feel the itch of intemperance, nourish yourself with the Flesh and Blood of Christ, Who practiced heroic self-control during His earthly life; and you will become temperate. If you are lazy and sluggish about spiritual things, strengthen yourself with this heavenly Food; and you will grow fervent. Lastly, if you feel scorched by the fever of impurity, go to the banquet of the Angels; and the spotless Flesh of Christ will make you pure and chaste." --St. Cyril of Alexandria

"Hence it is very clear that disturbing urges are not always aroused in us by other people's faults. Rather, we are to blame -- we who have stored up within ourselves the causes of our offenses and the seeds of our vices that, when the rain shower of temptation drenches our mind, at once break forth into buds and fruits." --St. John Cassian

"The New Man of grace is the result of prayer." --St. Isaac the Syrian

"There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside." --St. Basil the Great

Vespers on January 15, 2025

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

On January 16, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Veneration of the Chains of the Holy Apostle Peter.

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Typica on January 14, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Baptized in the Jordan! Glorify Him!

January 14 is the Final Day of Theophany.

The prescribed readings are Hebrews 9:8-10, 15-23 and Mark 8:22-26.

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Typica on January 13, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Baptized in the Jordan! Glorify Him!

On January 13, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Martyrs Hermylos and Stratonikos of Belgrade.

The prescribed readings are Hebrews 8:7-13 and Mark 8:11-21.

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Prayer List for the Week of January 12, 2025

Gerald Largent

For healing: Abbot Tryphon, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Dmitri, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr. Theodore, 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, Darina, Jay, George, Carol, Andrew, Jodi, Ilarion, Rita, Elena, William, Andrew, Nestor, Richard, Anna, Tikhon, Michelle, Daria, Mary, Mark, Alexis, Nathan, Ann, Herman, Lillian, Victoria, Michael, Marihiam, Alexandra, Kelly, Glen, Norma, Heather, Kathleen, Daria, Vera, Ella, Ava, Petros, Dionisia, Labrini, Michelle

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: Fr. Thomas, Ioan, George, Patricia, Alexandra, Stephen, Rodica, Lubov, Lubov, Ivan, Ivan, Nikolai, Ilya, Katerina, Leonid, Nina, Raisa, Alla, Alexey, Valentina, Alexey, Andrej, Kyril, Elias, Stamatina, Rick, Michelle, Deborah, Walter, Leocadia

Readings for the Week of January 12, 2025

Gerald Largent

1/12: Ephesians 4:7-13; Matthew 4:12-17

1/13: Hebrews 8:7-13; Mark 8:11-21

1/14: Hebrews 9:8-10, 15-23; Mark 8:22-26

1/15: Hebrews 10:1-18; Mark 8:30-34

1/16: Hebrews 10:35-11:7; Mark 9:10-16

1/17: Hebrews 13:17-21; Luke 6:17-23

1/18: Hebrews 13:7-16; Matthew 5:14-19

Typica on January 10, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Baptized in the Jordan! Glorify Him!

On January 10, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Father among the Saints Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa.

The prescribed readings are Hebrews 7:18-25 and Luke 21:37-22:8.

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Words from the Saints -- January 9, 2025

Gerald Largent

"There are many differing methods of prayer. No method is harmful; if it were, it would be not prayer but the activity of Satan." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and distress brought on by various misfortunes. He who refuses them does not realize what they accomplish in this world or what he will gain from them when he departs this life." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"Without contrition of the heart it is altogether impossible to rid ourselves of evil. Now the heart is made contrite by threefold self-control: in sleep, in food and in bodily relaxation. For excess of these three things leads to self-indulgence; and this in turn makes us accept evil thoughts, and is opposed to prayer and to appropriate work." --St. Kosmas Aitolos

"True hope seeks the one Kingdom of God and is sure that everything necessary for this mortal life will surely be given. The heart cannot have peace until it acquires this hope. This hope pacifies it fully and brings joy to it. The most holy lips of the Savior spoke about this very hope: 'Come to Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest'" (Matthew 11:28).” --St. Seraphim of Sarov

"No one in this world is happy unless he has opened wide the gates of his spiritual Jerusalem—his soul—and received God into himself. A godless man feels lonely to despair. The society of others does not make his loneliness go away, but only increases it. However he who has taken God into his soul will never feel lonely even in a desert. No one dies an eternal death other than one in whom God has died." --St. Nikolai Velimirovich

Typica on January 8, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Baptized in the Jordan! Glorify Him!

On January 8, the Orthodox Church commemorates

The prescribed readings are

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Vespers on January 6, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Baptized in the Jordan! Glorify Him!

On January 7, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Assembly for the Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptizer-of-Christ, John.

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Prayer List for the Week of January 5, 2025

Gerald Largent

For healing: Abbot Tryphon, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Dmitri, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr. Joseph, Fr. Theodore, Fr. Deacon Jorge, Fr. Deacon Nicolae, 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, Darina, Jay, George, Carol, Andrew, Jodi, Ilarion, Rita, Elena, William, Andrew, Nestor, Richard, Anna, Tikhon, Michelle, Daria, Mary, Mark, Alexis, Nathan, Ann, Herman, Lillian, Victoria, Michael, Marihiam, Alexandra, Kelly, Glen, Norma, Heather, Kathleen, Daria, Vera, Ella, Ava, Petros, Dionisia, Labrini

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: Fr. Michael, Fr. Thomas, Viorica, Ioan, George, Patricia, Alexandra, Stephen, Rodica, Lubov, Lubov, Ivan, Ivan, Nikolai, Ilya, Katerina, Leonid, Nina, Raisa, Alla, Alexey, Valentina, Alexey, Andrej, Kyril, Elias, Stamatina, Joan

Readings for the Week of January 5, 2025

Gerald Largent

1/5: 2 Timothy 4:5-8; Mark 1:1-8

1/6: Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Matthew 3:13-17

1/7: Acts 19:1-8; John 1:29-34

1/8: Hebrews 5:11-6:8; Luke 21:5-7, 10-11, 20-24

1/9: Hebrews 7:1-6; Luke 21:28-33

1/10: Hebrews 7:18-25; Luke 21:37-22:8

1/11: Ephesians 6:10-17; Matthew 4:1-11

Typica on January 4, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

January 4 is the Third Pre-Festive Day of Theophany. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.

The prescribed readings are 1 Timothy 3:14-4:5 and Matthew 3:1-11.

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Words from the Saints -- January 2, 2025

Gerald Largent

"No other book so glorifies God as does the Psalter (Book of Psalms). It profits the soul; it glorifies God together with the angels." --St. Basil the Great

"Without sorrows there is no salvation. On the other hand, the Kingdom of God awaits those who have patiently endured. And all the glory of the world is nothing in comparison." --St. Seraphim of Sarov

"Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven." --St. Jerome

"A true Christian is made by faith and love toward Christ." --St. Herman of Alaska

"Every single one of the saints acquired humility from the fulfillment of the Commandments. No one can explain how this comes about, how humility is generated in the soul. Unless a man learns this by experience, he cannot learn it by verbal teaching." --St. Dorotheos of Gaza

Typica on January 2, 2025

Gerald Largent

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

January 2 is the First Pre-Festive Day of Theophany. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Holy Father-Among-The-Saints, Sylvester, Pope of Rome; and Our Venerable Father Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov.

The prescribed readings are Titus 1:5-2:1 and Luke 20:9-18.

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