{"id":10816,"date":"2022-03-08T10:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=10816"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:45:58","slug":"st-peter-news-march-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-news-march-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter News March 8, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Sunday of Great Lent
\nThe Sunday of Orthodoxy<\/h2>\n

The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil<\/h4>\n

Translation of the relics of Nikephoros, patriarch of Constantinople; Bishops Poplias and Marios<\/h4>\n
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The Sunday of Orthodoxy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since 726, was finally laid to rest, and icons and their veneration were restored on the first Sunday in Lent. Ever since, this Sunday has been commemorated as the “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”<\/p>\n

The Seventh Ecumenical Council dealt predominantly with the controversy regarding icons and their place in Orthodox worship. It was convened in Nicaea in 787 by Empress Irene at the request of Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople. The Council was attended by 367 bishops.<\/p>\n

Almost a century before this, the iconoclastic controversy had once more shaken the foundations of both Church and State in the Byzantine empire. Excessive religious respect and the ascribed miracles to icons by some members of society, approached the point of worship (due only to God) and idolatry. This instigated excesses at the other extreme by which icons were completely taken out of the liturgical life of the Church by the Iconoclasts. The Iconophiles, on the other-hand, believed that icons served to preserve the doctrinal teachings of the Church; they considered icons to be man’s dynamic way of expressing the divine through art and beauty.<\/p>\n

An Endemousa (Regional) Synod was called in Constantinople in 843. Under Empress Theodora. The veneration of icons was solemnly proclaimed at the Hagia Sophia Cathedral. The Empress, her son Michael III, Patriarch Methodios, and monks and clergy came in procession and restored the icons in their rightful place. The day was called “Triumph of Orthodoxy.” Since that time, this event is commemorated yearly with a special service on the first Sunday of Lent, the “Sunday of Orthodoxy”.<\/p>\n

Read more on the Greek Orthodox website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Procession With Icons Following the Divine Liturgy<\/h2>\n

We will hold the procession of icons following the Divine Liturgy and read the Decree of the Seventh Ecumenical Council that restored the proper veneration of icons. Children should bring their icons from home to partake in the procession.<\/p>\n

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Services This Week<\/h2>\n
  • Sun Mar 06<\/strong> — FORGIVENESS SUNDAY DIVINE LITURGY \/ MEATFARE SUNDAY – Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n
  • Sun Mar 06<\/strong> — FORGIVENESS SUNDAY VESPERS (Following Social Hall)<\/li>\n
  • Mon Mar 07<\/strong> — LENT BEGINS<\/li>\n
  • Mon Mar 07<\/strong> — Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew 6:30pmm LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n
  • Tue Mar 08<\/strong> — Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew 6:30pmm LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n
  • Wed Mar 09<\/strong> — Presanctified Liturgy 6:30pm LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n
  • Thu Mar 10<\/strong> — Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew 6:30pmm LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n
  • Fri Mar 10<\/strong> — First Stanza Salutations to the Theotokos (Akathist Service) 6:30pm LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n
  • Sat Mar 11<\/strong> — Third Saturday of the Souls Divine Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Don’t Forget: Daylight Savings Starts This Sunday!<\/h2>\n
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    St. Peter’s Women’s Retreat – Saturday March 26, 2022 at 9:30am<\/h2>\n
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    Stewardship 2022<\/h2>\n

    Stewardship letters have been mailed out. God has blessed St. Peter’s. Please fill in your pledge so the work that we have been called to do will continue.<\/p>\n

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    Click the image to download and print the form<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    You can also print and download the form on the St. Peter website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Presanctified Lenten Suppers<\/h2>\n
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    Every Wednesday after Presanctified Liturgy on the Wednesdays during Lent, we gather for fellowship over a simple Lenten supper.<\/p>\n

    Thank you to Marjorie Zimmerman will be organizing the suppers.<\/p>\n

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    Journey to Pascha<\/h2>\n
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    Click to enlarge and print<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Helping Victims of the War in Ukraine<\/h2>\n
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    Galyna Seabrooke who has spoken on several occasions on the situation in Ukraine on behalf of our Ukranian parishioners mentioned opportunities to help the victims of the war. <\/p>\n

    One way to offer humanitarian aid is through a Go Fund Me page<\/a>. Another is to donate essential items for Ukranian refugees. These items include:<\/p>\n

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    1. Medications (no liquid or sprays allowed)<\/li>\n