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Softener of Evil Hearts

Miracle Working Icon Visits Ft. Myers on Thursday, April 14, 2016

On Thursday, April 14th, 2016, the myrrh-streaming Holy Icon of the Mother of God from Moscow, known as the Softening of Evil Hearts, will be at Saint Nicholas Monastery in

St. Mary of Egypt

St. Peter Newsletter April 12, 2016 — Fifth Sunday of Lent / St. Mary of Egypt

St. Mary of Egypt She began her life as a young woman who followed the passions of the body, running away from her parents at age twelve for Alexandria. There

St. John of the Ladder (Climacus)

St. Peter Newsletter – Fourth Sunday of Lent: St. John of the Ladder (Climacus)

The Fourth Sunday of LentSt. John of the Ladder (Climacus) Our venerable and God-bearing Father John Climacus (ca. 579 – 649), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus,

St. Peter Newsletter March 29, 2015 — Third Sunday of Lent / Veneration of the Holy Cross

Elevation of the Precious and Life Giving Cross Each of the Sundays of Great Lent has its own special theme. This Sunday’s theme is that in the cross of Christ

Why Does St. Peter’s Parish Exist?

The reason why St. Peter’s exists is so that those who attend can find Christ. Our vision when it started and that guides it today is: St. Peter’s is here

The Raising of Lazarus

Lazarus Saturday Invitation to Parents

April 4, 2016 Dear Friends of St. Peter, I want to invite you and your children to a special day in our Church on Saturday, April 23rd as we celebrate

St. Peter Newsletter — Second Sunday of Lent / St. Gregory Palamas (and a whole lot more)

From “A Man Fully Alive” by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick. On the Second Sunday of Great Lent we celebrate St. Gregory Palamas, the archbishop of Thessalonica in Greece for a

Saturday of the Souls

Saturday of the Souls Liturgy Added for March 19, 2016

We are adding a second Saturday of the Souls Liturgy this Saturday, March 19, 2016 starting at 9:30 for those who could not make it last Saturday. Of course if

Fr. Thomas Hopko: The Triumph of Orthodoxy

Icons are not optional devotional extras, but an integral part of Orthodox faith and devotion. They are held to be a necessary consequence of Christian faith in the incarnation of

The Sunday of Orthodox - The Restoration of Icons

St. Peter Newsletter: The First Sunday of Lent — The Triumph of Orthodoxy

First Sunday of LentThe Sunday of Orthodoxy On the first Sunday in Lent, we commemorate the decision of the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 A.D. upholding the use of holy

Presanctifed Lenten Suppers, Companion Needed and Annunciation Liturgy Schedule Change

Lenten Suppers follwing Wednesday Presanctified Liturgies [gview file=”https://stpeterorthodoxchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lent-holy-week-schedule-2016-rev-3-14-16.doc”] On Wednesday evenings following Presanctified Liturgy we will share in a light Lenten supper of lentil soup, bread and fruit. This is

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden

St. Peter Newsletter March 8, 2016 — The Sunday of Forgiveness and The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden

The Sunday of Forgiveness, the last of the preparatory Sundays before Great Lent, has two themes: it commemorates Adam’s expulsion from Paradise, and our need for forgiveness…Lent is a time