{"id":10195,"date":"2021-06-28T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=10195"},"modified":"2021-06-28T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:07:09","slug":"st-peter-news-june-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-news-june-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter News June 29, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second Sunday after Pentecost<\/h2>\n

Second Sunday of Matthew<\/h2>\n

Andrew, archbishop of Crete, author of the Great Canon;
Martyrs Theodore of Cyrene and Lucia; Venerable Andrei Rublev<\/h4>\n

Who was St. Andrew of Crete?<\/h2>\n
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Saint Andrew was from Damascus; his parents’ names were George and Gregoria. He became a cleric and secretary of Theodore and Patriarch of Jerusalem; from this, he is called “the Jerusalemite.” He was present at the Sixth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople, which was convoked in 680 during the reign of Emperor Constantine IV (668-685). <\/p>\n

He became deacon of the Great church in Constantinople, that is, the Church of the Holy Wisdom of God, then Archbishop of Crete. He reposed in 720 or 723. Beside his other sacred writings, he also composed various hymns, among which is the famous Great Canon, which is chanted during Great Lent (see the Thursday of the Fifth Week of the Fast).<\/p>\n

Read the entire biography on the Orthodox Church in America website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Services This Week<\/h2>\n