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Parish Portrait — Georgia Katsigianopoulos

Everyone who is a part of St. Peter’s Orthodox Church knows Georgia K. who teaches the children in the Sunday school class. Step inside the classroom and you will see

Preparing for Lent

Preparing for Lent Mini-Retreat Tomorrow (Saturday, February 4, 2017)

What will we learn? We we learn how to fast, but most important we will learn why we fast. Did you know that fasting helps us focus our interior lives?

The Publican and the Pharisee

St. Peter Newsletter January 30, 2017 — Presentation Liturgy, Sunday of Publican and Pharisee, Preparing for Lent Mini-Retreat, Helping NAMI, Women’s Retreat…more

Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican After-feast of Presentation (Meeting) of Christ What is a Publican and a Pharisee? A Pharisee was an externally decent and righteous man of religion.

NAMI Walk – February 25, 2017

Every Christmas St. Peter’s helps our local NAMI (National Association for Mental Illness) chapter by collecting food for their drop-in center. Every spring we extend our help by joining in

St. Peter Newsletter January 25, 2017 — St. Ignatius of Antioch, Preparing for Lent, Helping the Poor…more

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Seventeenth Sunday of Matthew Translation of the relics of Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch New-martyr Demetrios of Chios Who Was St. Ignatius of Antioch? Our father

March 4, 2017 — Women’s Retreat Schedule

St. Paul’s has invited all Orthodox women in the area to “Spiritual Saturday Women’s Reteat” at St. Paul’s on Saturday March 4, 2017. Mark you calendar. Questions? Please see Angela

Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

St. Peter Newsletter January 17, 2017 – A Bell Rings in the Distance, Helping Interfaith Charities…more

Thirty-secondSunday after PentecostFifteenth Sunday of Luke The Bell Rings in the Distance When the Sunday of Zaccheus rolls around, we know that Lent is not far behind. Begin thinking about

St. Paul of Thebes

St. Peter Newsletter January 11, 2017 – St. Paul of Thebes, House Blessings…more

Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost St. Paul of Thebes Who Was St. Paul of Thebes? Paul was born of wealthy parents in Lower Thebes in Egypt during the reign of Emperor

House Blessings

Fr. Hans will do house blessings any day except Wednesdays. Please fill in the form below and Fr. Hans will call you back. Or you can text him at 239-248-4775.

The Baptism of Christ

St. Peter Newsletter January 3, 2017 — Sunday after Theophany, Practice Reverence in the Church, Vasilopita Sunday…more

Sunday after the Baptism of Christ Wisdom from Abott Tryphon: Practice Reverence in Church We must practice reverence in the temple, whether during services or when we step into the

The Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Schedule for Theophany (January 5-6, 2017)

Theophany means “the revelation or revealing of God” and happened at the Baptism of Christ. It is a great feast day in the Orthodox Church. The schedule for Theophany 2017

Theodore Bonstedt — May His Memory Be Eternal

With sadness we report the passing of Theodore Bondstedt. Ted was a friend of St. Peter’s who visited on occasion with his wife Dorothy and son Steven. Some of our