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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

The Sunday of the Last Judgment or Meatfare Sunday is the third Sunday using the Lenten Triodion, the liturgical book used in the services of Great Lent. It is the

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Sunday of the Prodigal Son The Sunday of the Prodigal Son is the second Sunday of pre-Lent, the weeks of preparation preceding Great Lent. It is the Sunday after the

But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father,