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20525 Center Ridge Rd. #401
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A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.
2/16: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; Luke 15:11-32
2/17: 1 John 2:18-3:10; Mark 11:1-11
2/18: 1 John 3:11-20; Mark 14:10-42
2/19: 1 John 3:21-4:6; Mark 14:43-14:72
2/20: 1 John 4:20-5:21; Mark 15:1-15
2/21: 2 John 1:1-13; Mark 15:22-25, 33-41
2/22: 1 Corinthians 10:23-28; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Luke 21:8-9, 25-27, 33-36; John 5:24-30
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On February 14, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs, and Our Venerable Father Auxentius of Bithynia.
The prescribed readings are 1 John 2:7-17 and Mark 14:3-9.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, February 17, at 8:00am (Eastern). ***
"We are not without hope of salvation, nor is it at all the right time for us to despair. All our life is a season of repentance, for God 'desires not the death of the sinner', as it is written, 'but that the wicked turn from his way and live' (cf. Ez. 33:11 LXX). For, if there were no hope of turning back, why would death not have followed immediately on disobedience, and why would we not be deprived of life as soon as we sin? For where there is hope of turning back, there is no room for despair." --St. Gregory Palamas
"A self-indulgent heart becomes a prison and chain for the soul when it leaves this life; whereas a diligent heart is an open door." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"As a fish cannot swim without water, and as a bird cannot fly without air, so a Christian cannot advance a single step without Christ." --St. Gregory the Theologian
"Give no ear to the slanderer's talk nor let your talk run on in the fault-finder's hearing, by readily speaking and listening to things against your neighbor; otherwise you will fall from divine charity [love] and be found a foreigner to eternal life." --St. Maximos the Confessor
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On February 10, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Haralambos the Wonderworker, Bishop of Magnesia.
The prescribed readings are 2 Peter 1:20-2:9 and Mark 13:9-13.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, February 12, at 6:30pm (Eastern). ***
For healing: Abbot Tryphon, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr. Joseph, Fr. Theodore, Hierodeacon Gorazd, 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, 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, Norma, Heather, Kathleen, Daria, Vera, Ella, Ava, Petros, Dionisia, Labrini, Michelle, Christopher, Joan, Jeff, Daniela, Stephen, Tomas, Kim, Christine, Shirley
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: Archbishop Anastasios, Fr. Thomas, Rodica, Elias, Stamatina, Rick, Owen, Michelle, Deborah, Stephan, Maria, Donald, John, Julia
2/9: 2 Timothy 3:10-15; Luke 18:10-14
2/10: 2 Peter 1:20-2:9; Mark 13:9-13
2/11: 2 Peter 2:9-22; Mark 13:14-23
2/12: 2 Peter 3:1-18; Mark 13:24-31
2/13: 1 John 1:8-2:6; Mark 13:31-14:2
2/14: 1 John 2:7-17; Mark 14:3-9
2/15: 2 Timothy 3:1-9; Luke 20:45-21:4
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On February 7, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Father among the Saints Parthenios, Bishop of Lampsacos.
The prescribed readings are 2 Peter 1:1-10 and Mark 13:1-8.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, February 10, at 8:00am (Eastern). ***
"When the devil sees a soul protected by virtues, he dare not come near it, fearing the strength and power given to it by prayer." --St. John Chrysostom
"To yield and give way to our passions is the lowest slavery, even as to rule over them is the only liberty." --St. Justin Martyr
"If a man tries to overcome temptations without prayer and patient endurance, he will become more entangled in them instead of driving them away." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"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 sensations of that new world." --St. Isaac the Syrian
"Impel your intellect continually to prayer and you will destroy the evil thoughts that beset your heart." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On February 6, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Father among the Saints Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople.
..*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, February 7, at 8:00am (Eastern). ***
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On February 3, the Orthodox Church commemorates Ss. Simeon the Elder and Anna the Prophetess.
The prescribed readings are Hebrews 9:11-14 and Luke 2:25-38.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, February 5, at 6:30pm (Eastern). ***
For healing: Abbot Tryphon, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr. Joseph, Fr. Theodore, Hierodeacon Gorazd, 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, Joan, Jeff
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: Archbishop Anastasios, Fr. Thomas, Rodica, Lubov, Lubov, Ivan, Ivan, Nikolai, Ilya, Katerina, Leonid, Nina, Raisa, Alla, Alexey, Valentina, Alexey, Andrej, Kyril, Elias, Stamatina, Rick, Michelle, Deborah, Stephan, Maria, Leocadia, Walter
2/2: Hebrews 7:7-17; Luke 2:22-40
2/3: Hebrews 9:11-14; Luke 2:25-38
2/4: 1 Peter 3:10-22; Mark 12:18-27
2/5: 1 Peter 4:1-11; Mark 12:28-37
2/6: 1 Peter 4:12-5:5; Mark 12:38-44
2/7: 2 Peter 1:1-10; Mark 13:1-8
2/8: 2 Timothy 2:11-19; Luke 18:2-8
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On January 31, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus and John.
The prescribed readings are 1 Peter 1:1-2, 10-12; 2:6-10 and Mark 12:1-12.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, February 3, at 8:00am (Eastern). ***
"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
"Thus it is we ought to love our enemies. This is to love God, Who hath enjoined it, Who hath given it as His law. To imitate Him is to love our enemy. Consider it is not thine enemy thou art benefiting, but thyself; thou art not loving him, but art obeying God. Knowing therefore these things, let us confirm our love one to another, that we may perform this duty perfectly, and attain those good things that are promised in Christ Jesus our Lord, with Whom to the Father, together with the Holy Ghost, be glory, might, and honor, now, and forever and ever. Amen." --St. John Chrysostom
"Sometimes men are tested by pleasure, sometimes by distress or by physical suffering. By means of His prescriptions the Physician of souls administers the remedy according to the cause of the passions lying hidden in the soul." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"The forceful practice of self-control and love, patience and stillness, will destroy the passions hidden within us." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"Do not be double-tongued, saying one thing when your conscience says another. For Scripture places such people under a curse." --St. Mark the Ascetic
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On January 30, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Three Holy Hierarchs, the Archpriests Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.
The prescribed readings for Vespers are Deuteronomy 1:8-11, 15-17; Deuteronomy 10:14-21 and Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9.
..*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Friday, January 31, at 8:00am (Eastern). ***
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On January 27, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Translation of the Honorable Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople.
The prescribed readings are James 2:14-26 and Mark 10:46-52.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, January 29, at 6:30pm (Eastern). ***
For healing: Abbot Tryphon, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr. Joseph, Fr. Theodore, Hierodeacon Gorazd, 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, Joan, Jeff
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: Archbishop Anastasios, 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, Walter, Anna, Diane
1/26: 1 Timothy 1:15-17; Matthew 15:21-28
1/27: James 2:14-26; Mark 10:46-52
1/28: James 3:1-10; Mark 11:11-23
1/29: James 3:11-4:6; Mark 11:23-26
1/30: Hebrews 13:7-16; Matthew 5:14-19
1/31: 1 Peter 1:1-2, 10-12; 2:6-10; Mark 12:1-12
2/1: 1 Thessalonians 5:14-23; Luke 17:3-10
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
On January 24, the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Venerable Mother Xenia of Rome and the Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.
The prescribed readings are James 2:1-13 and Mark 10:23-32.
*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, January 27, at 8:00am (Eastern). ***
"Remember that the Lord is in every Christian. When your neighbor comes to you, always have great respect for him, because the Lord is in him, and often expresses His will through him. 'It is God which works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure' (Philippians 2:13). Therefore, do not grudge anything to your brother, but do to him as to the Lord; especially as you do not know in whom the Lord will come and visit you; be impartial to all, be kind to all, sincere and hospitable. Remember that sometimes God speaks even through unbelievers, or disposes their hearts towards us, as it happened in Egypt when the Lord gave Joseph favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison (Genesis 39:21)." --St. John of Kronstadt
"Having read Holy Scripture very carefully, you should also read the holy Fathers who interpret the Scriptures. You will receive no less delight from reading the Fathers than you do from the Scriptures. The Fathers develop the hidden meanings in Scripture and with their own writings help us to understand what we did not before. Because of that philosophic axiom that all men by nature seek knowledge, we must say that great delight follows naturally when we learn about hidden and unknown matters. This is why there will be ineffable joy and gladness that will come to your soul from the interpretations and the words of the holy Fathers. You too will be shouting, ad did David, those enthusiastic words in the Psalms." --St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain
"What is the will of God that St. Paul urges and invites each of us to attain (1 Thessalonians 4:3)? It is total cleansing from sin, freedom from the shameful passions and the acquisition of the highest virtue. In other words, it is the purification and sanctification of the heart that comes about through fully experienced and conscious participation in the perfect and divine Spirit." --St. Makarios of Egypt
"Just as those whose sense of smell is healthy can tell who has hidden perfumes, so the pure soul can recognize in others both the fragrance which he himself has obtained from God, and the stench from which he has been freed." --St. John Climacus
"Fire makes iron impossible to touch, and likewise frequent prayer renders us more forceful in our warfare against the enemy. That is why the demons strive with all their strength to make us slothful in attentiveness to prayer, for they know that prayer is our invincible weapon against them." --St. John of Karpathos