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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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Choir practice resumes this Wednesday, March 9 at 6pm. Plans for Lent and Easter have been drawn up. Special attention in the upcoming weeks will be given to the Lamentations

Does God Send People to Hell? We had a spirited discussion on heaven and hell at our bible study on Tuesday and one question that came up was “Does God