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St. Peter Newsletter February 28, 2017 — Sunday of Orthodoxy, Presanctified Liturgy, Akathist Hymn, Women’s Retreat, Lenten Supper Talks, more…

First Sunday of Great LentThe Triumph of Orthodoxy Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of

Forgiveness Vespers

St. Peter Newsletter February 21, 2017 — Sunday of Forgiveness, Forgiveness Vespers, Lenten Schedule, Lenten Suppers, NAMI Walk, Women’s Retreat

Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheese Fare)The Explusion of Adam and Eve from the Garden Sunday of Forgiveness, the last of the preparatory Sundays before Great Lent, has two themes: it commemorates

The Last Judgment

St. Peter Newsletter February 14, 2017 – Sunday of Last Judgment, Saturday of Souls, Women’s Retreat Coming, Akathist Hymn in Cape Coral…more

Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meat Fare) The Last Judgment The parable of the Last Judgment is about Christian love. Not all of us are called to work for “humanity,”

Lent / Holy Week Schedule — 2017

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The Parable of the Prodigal Son

St. Peter Newsletter February 7, 2017 –Prodigal Son, Akathist Hymn in Cape Coral, Orthodox Fellowship Started, Meet Georgia Katsigianopoulos, more…

The Sunday of the Prodigal Son St. John of Kronstadt: All our attention must be centered on the parable of the Prodigal Son… All our attention must be centered on

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