Fiftteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Third Sunday of Luke
The Holy Apostle Thomase
Innocent, Apostle to the Americas; Venerable Kendeas of Cyprus
Services and Events This Week
- SUN Oct 06 — THE APOSTLE THOMAS Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Mon Oct 07 — Fr. Hans in Greece and Mt Athos Sep 30 – Oct 10
- Wed Oct 09 — CANCELLED
Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM - Fri Oct 11 — CANCELLED
Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm - Sat Oct 12 — CANCELLED
Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
Fr. Hans is out of town from Monday October 1 until Thursday October 10. He will be in Greece and on Mt. Athos.
Women’s Mercy Ministry Forming
MARK YOU CALENDAR – Catechumen Classes begin Sunday, November 3, 2024
Catechumen classes begin November 3 following Social Hall (around 12:30pm). The classes is open to everyone but those seeking baptism and chrismation into the Orthodox Church are required to attend.
The class will be taught by Subdeacon Joseph (he returns mid-March) and we will use the book “Small Steps into the Kingdom”). The books will be preordered and available for purchase in the bookstore.
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Save the Date! Upcoming Young Adult Retreat in Nashville in October
Young adults, save the date for an Orthodox Young Adult Conference happening in the fall in Nashville, TN! More details to come.
ST. PETER’S GREETERS
OCTOBER 2024
- Oct 6 Joe Repya – Candice Rosen
- Oct 13 Joe Repya – Stephen Hall
- Oct 20 Ray Locklear – Paula Kamberos
- Oct 27 Loana Dumitru – Moriah Peterson
Can you volunteer? Please call Joe Repya 612-270-4443.
SOCIAL HALL ALL STARS
October 2024 – Team #1 – Barb Dionysopoulos Group
- Sunday, Oct. 6 – Coffee and muffins
- Sunday, Oct. 13 – Coffee and coffee cakes
- Sunday, Oct. 20 – Coffee and bagels
- Sunday, Oct. 27 – Coffee and donuts
November 2024 – Team #2 – Margie Zimmerman Group
- Sunday, Nov. 3 – Coffee and muffins
- Sunday, Nov. 10 – Coffee and coffee cakes
- Sunday, Nov. 17 – Coffee and bagels
- Sunday, Nov. 24 – Coffee and donuts
For Special Events/Koliva please contact BARBARA SASEN and give her a completed Special Events Form which is found in the lobby of the church.
The Social Hall All Stars are the men and women that make St. Peter’s Social Hall happen. Thank you All Stars!
OCTOBER
- SUN Oct 06 — THE APOSTLE THOMAS Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Mon Oct 07 — Fr. Hans in Greece and Mt Athos Sep 30 – Oct 10
- Wed Oct 09 — CANCELLED
Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM - Fri Oct 11 — CANCELLED
Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm - Sat Oct 12 — Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
- SUN Oct 13 — SUNDAY Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Wed Oct 16 — Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM
- Fri Oct 18 — St Luke Divine Liturgy 8:00am LIVE STREAM
- Fri Oct 18 — Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm
- Sat Oct 19 — St. John of Kronstadt Divine Liturgy 9:00am LIVE STREAM
- Sat Oct 19 — Parish Council Meeting 10:30am
- Sat Oct 19 — Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
- SUN Oct 20 — SUNDAY Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Wed Oct 23 — Fr Hans Out of Town Wed Oct 23 – Sat Oct 26
- Wed Oct 23 — CANCELLED
Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM - Fri Oct 25 — CANCELLED
Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm - Sat Oct 26 — CANCELLED
Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
Wisdom From The Elders
If we do complain or blame someone for our misfortune, then we must humble our selves even further and say: Lord, I really am worth nothing, only You can save me. Abbot Nikon Vorobiev
The Lord is always waiting for us to unite ourselves with Him in love; but instead, we drift further and further away from Him. We know that there can be no life without love. This means that there is no life without God, for God is Love. But His love is not according to the understanding of the world. The love that the world gives us consists of suffering and enslavement, because the spirits of evil interfere with it. Elder Thaddeus
Thus humility should be the first concern of those who are fighting the presumption of the devil, for as we advance it will be a sure guide to all the paths of virtue. St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike in Epirus
A man whose heart is clouded by a storm of thoughts and conquered by passions does not know shame before men, nor does he fear God. Venerable Ephraim the Syrian
We must pray with faith for every matter and we must have patience, and God will speak. Because when man prays with faith, God is in a sense obligated by virtue of our faith to fulfil our request. For this reason, when we ask for something from God, let us never be in doubt and we shall be heard. Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
Current Prayer List
Lucia
Ioannes
Freida (Hansen)
Stratton (Leopold)
Mary (Copeland)
Robert (Tewis)
Gene (Forderhase)
Ruth (Mudd)
Barbara (Duskas)
Doug S (Duskas)
Marc C. (Duskas)
Rachel (Voss)
Ken John (Eaton)
Diane (Najar)
William (Semeretis)
David (Orfanos)
Maria (Orfanos)
William (Long)
George (Chionis 11-1)
Haley
Lydia
Mark (Chionis 11-1)
Katheryn (Chionis 11-1)
Jacob (Chionis 11-1)
Ken (Chionis 11-1)
Maxim (Koco)
George (Tsikistas 8/1)
George (Mourgis 8/1)
Barbara (Sason 8/1)
Anthony (Breitenbach 6/1)
Arielle (Ghanem 6/1)
Nicholas (Ghanem 6/1)
Christos
Father Demetris
Jamie
Pamela
David
Jessica
Christina (Hildreth)
Dionysios Chapekis)
Nancy (Forderhase)
Kayla (Palantine)
George (3/23 Chapekis)
Penelope (3/23 Chapekis)
Theodora (3/23)
Victor (3/23)
Les (3/23
Lynn (Hurely 1/23)
Irene and newborn baby (Tsikitas 1/23)
Linda (Pappas 1/23)
Ekaterina (Chapekis 1/23)
Lee (Hurley 1/23)
Emmanuel (Kalousdis 1/23)
Katherine (Dusckas 1/23)
Vassiliki (Diveris 1/23)
Zena Touma (Contorelli 1/23
Lamia Touma (Contorelli 1/23
Matthew (Contorelli 1/23
Emmanuel (Kaloudis 1/23)
Nicholas
Marlene (Tewis 12/22)
Tina (Johnson 12/22)
Nicholas (De Lorenzo 12/22)
Archpriest Dionysius (Valentine 9/12)
Anthony Presbyter (Kerr 10/22)
John Presbyter (Jacobse)
Elain Presbytera (Jacobse)
Constantine(Jacobse)
Chrysoula(Jacobse)
Angel (Ghanem 10/22)
Edgar (Chapekis 9/22)
Evthriki (Jacobse 9/22)
Christos (Johnson 8/22)
Jon Paul (Andrew 8/22)
William (Brubaker 8/22)
Peter (Tewis 8/22)
The People of Ukraine and People of Russia and all those who are suffering in the war
Permanent Prayer List
Bonnie Joseph
Michael (Sovjani)
Maria (Sovjani)
Maria (Sovjani)
Maria (Sovjani)
Katerina (Sovjani)
Frederick (Sovjani)
Arsen (Sovjani)
Irene (Diveris)
Katheryn (Tolkkinen)
Markisia (Long)
Angela (Long)
Marina (Long)
Eleni (Long)
Raphaella (Long)
Joanne (Haley)
Corwin (Dusckas)
Corgette (Troutman)
Irina (Irina)
Lidia (Irina)
Sarina (Ghanem)
Debbie (Breitenbach)
Kathy (Breitenbach)
Hope (Isadore)
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John (Long)
Pantelis (Tsikita)
Marisa (Tsikita)
Barbara (Dionysopoulos)
Patricia (Evanoff)
Gabriel (Mankus)
Baby Dani (Repya)
Despina (Diversis)
Fredericos (Diveris)
Herman (Kerr)
Innocent (Kerr)
Nicholas (Kerr)
Paola (Jacobse)
Gregory (Yankopolos)
Pauline (Poulos)
Sergio (Kazakos)
Fran (Hansen)
Nina (Krotov)
Franklin (Pyrrson)
Demetrios (Kuchera)
Theodosios (Palis)
Theodora (Webb)
Robert (Smith)
Presbytera Rosy (in Pakistan)
James (Hord)
Vassiliki (Kontinos)
Vassiliki (Morekeas)
Vassilike (Hord)
Founders, Members, Benefactors and Friends Departed this Life
John (Hansen)
Anatoly (Kurdsjuk)
Thareni (Brooks)
Milan Evanoff
Jean (Sam)
Eleni (Pearson)
Richard (Pearson)
Fr. Stephanos (Shagoury)
Panagiota (Bea Chionis)
Anthony (Mourgis)
Anthony (Mankus)
Constantine (Houpis)
Constantine (Joseph)
Mary (Jarvis)
Panagiota Margarita (Palis)
Maria (Ninos)
Soterios (Ninos)
George (Ninos)
John (Katsigianopoulos)
George (Chionis)
Mary (Spiropoulos)
Gregory (Pappas)
Angela (Coran K
Eugene (Rust)
Robert (Jarvis)
George (Corey)
Patricia (Cotsones)
Seraphim (Zolio)
Apostolos
How should we pray for the sick? Remember them daily. Say their names (first names are sufficient) and ask God to bestow mercy and grace on them.
Add or remove names and print this list for easy reference during your prayer time on the St. Peter website.
Sunday Readings
EPISTLE
For the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Unto Thee will I cry, O my God.
The Reading from the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. (4:6-15)
Brethren, seeing that it is the God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, the
same also shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of power is from God, and not from us. We are pressed on every way, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; smitten down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh. So, then, death is working in us, but life in you. But having in us the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke,” we also believe, and therefore we also speak, knowing that the One who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up through Jesus, and will make us stand together with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, which is multiplied through the thanksgiving of many, may abound to the glory of God.
GOSPEL
For the Third Sunday of Luke
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (7:11-16)
At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and many of His disciples and a great crowd went with Him. As He drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” And He came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And Jesus said, “Young man, I say to you: arise.” And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited His people!”
