Update on Jeremiah Tewis Jeremiah is progressing very well. Next week he begins outpatient therapy. This consists of 5 hours or so of rehabilitation every day, usually in the mornings. Afternoons are free. The doctors anticipate that this should take four or five weeks. After that he returns to Naples. Recovery continues and should take anywhere from six to twelve months after that. We are of … [Read more...]

Jeremiah Tewis Update Jeremiah is getting better. He is undergoing extensive therapy at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, a facility that specializes in injuries of the type Jeremiah suffered. He will be in Atlanta for at least a month and perhaps longer. I speak to him on the phone almost daily. Therapy is intensive and rigorous but he is in good hands. However, we have to remain … [Read more...]

Palm Sunday Brunch this Sunday St. Peter's will hold a Palm Sunday Brunch immediately following Divine Liturgy this Sunday, April 28. Cut off for tickets is this Wednesday (tomorrow). Please call or email Mary Jarvis if you plan to attend (239-263-9292, jamjar4mb@gmail.com). Ticket price is $20. Katina Protopapadakis has graciously donated all of the fish and is directing the cooking and … [Read more...]

Palm Sunday Fish Brunch / Jeremiah Tewis Fundraiser On Palm Sunday, April 28 St. Peter's will hold a Fish Brunch following the Divine Liturgy at the hotel in our suite. Tickets are $15/person with the full proceeds going to help the Tewis family offset some of their medical expenses. Tickets must be bought by April 21 so we know how much food to buy. You can give your check to Mary Jarvis … [Read more...]

Reminder: Orthodoxy 101 Don't forget that Orthodoxy 101 begins this Sunday at St. Paul's at 6:30pm. The first session will start with Vespers with the class immediately following. Sunday of Orthodoxy (Sections below are taken from the GOA Website.) The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the … [Read more...]

Memorial Prayers for our Loved Ones this Sunday Since we cannot do Saturday of the Souls because we don't have a permanent worship space yet, we will memorialize our loved ones following the Divine Liturgy this Sunday. Place bring a list of the names of family members you would like remembered. We will have a table prepared for kollyva. Pot Luck on Clean Monday — March 18 at Hunter's … [Read more...]

Reminder: Vespers and Talk by Bp. Anthony on Friday, March 8 at 6:30pm Don't forget the Vesper Service for the St. Paul Founder's Day weekend on Friday, March 8 starting at 6:30pm (get directions to St. Paul's). Many of you may remember Bp. Anthony who gave the sermon at the consecration of the St. Paul Church last year. He is an inspiring and engaging speaker. Bp. Anthony will give a talk … [Read more...]

Pot Luck Dinner -- Monday March 18, 2003 Mark you calendar for our March Pot Luck! Location: Hunters Ridge Golf Community Take the Bonita Beach Road exit (Exit 116) of I 75. Go east on block on right. Get Map Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm … [Read more...]

Bible Study Tuesday at 7pm at the Hansens Bible studiy resumes this Tuesday, February 19 at John and Frieda Hansen’s home starting and 7pm (get map). We will continue our study of the book of John. Mark you calendars and bring your questions. If you have a friend who would like to attend bring them along! Visit to Anatole and Linda Kurdsjuk Yesterday about 15 people went to visit Anatole and … [Read more...]

Quotations from St. John of Kronstadt St. John was a Russian Orthodox priest who lived from 1829-1908. He is much loved because of his practical wisdom especially concerning prayer. "Prayer for others is very beneficial to the man himself who prays; it purifies the heart, strengthens faith and hope in God, and arouses love for God and our neighbor." "There is nothing impossible unto those who … [Read more...]

Atheism and Christianity Many people debate atheism and Christianity. The dividing line always crystallizes around the question: What can we really know to be true and real? The atheist says that all a person can really be sure about is what can be measured. In other words, if you can't put something into a test tube or look at it under a microscope or measure it in some other way, then it not … [Read more...]

The Prayer of the Heart We all know about the Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. What we forget sometimes is how powerful this prayer really is. It's a great to jump start prayer. There are times we know we should pray but we forget, or sometimes it is even hard to do. The Jesus Prayer helps us with that. It is kind of like exercise. It is hard to get back into … [Read more...]

Progress in the Relocation Fund 2013 promises to be a good year for St. Peter's. Our plan is to raise $50,000 to find a more permanent location. We want to make sure we can meet our expenses for at least one year given the poor economy and the financial pressures this places on all of us. So far we have raised over $40,000. This is very good news. We thank everyone who has contributed and … [Read more...]

Christmas Eve Liturgy on December 24, 2012 We will celebrate Christmas Liturgy on December 24 (Christmas Eve) with our sister parish St. Paul Antiochian Church (get map). Orthros/Matins begins at 6:30pm and Divine Liturgy at 7:30pm. Make sure to come. The only way to properly understand Christmas is to enter into the presence of Him who was born on that important day over 2,000 years ago. The … [Read more...]

St. Peter Christmas Pot Luck — Wednesday, December 19 at 6pm. Mark your calendar! Mark you calendars for the St. Peter Christmas Pot Luck on Wednesday evening, December 19. It begins at 6pm. It will be held at the community room of Dr. Zanos Grekos' neighborhood. Directions will be sent in a separate email. Come join the fellowship! A gentle reminder that since we are in a fasting period … [Read more...]

Patriarch Ignatius — May His Memory Be Eternal Patriarch Ignatius, the head of the Antiochian Orthodox Church located in Damascus, Syria passed away this week. The Antiochian Church Archdiocese distributed this biography: His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East was born in 1920 in the village of Muharda, near the city of Hama Syria. In 1936, he moved to … [Read more...]

General Assembly This Sunday Please plan on attending Church this Sunday. Following the Divine Liturgy we will hold our first General Assembly meeting. We will offer reports on our progress this past year. We will also discuss moving to a new location. The Parish Council has incorporated many of the suggestions and ideas voiced several weeks ago about the future of St. Peter's and will offer … [Read more...]