{"id":11652,"date":"2023-07-19T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=11652"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:45:31","slug":"st-peter-news-july-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-news-july-18-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter News July 18, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seventh Sunday of Matthew<\/h2>\n

Hieromartyr Phocas, bishop of Sinope; Hieromartyrs Apollinaris and Vitalis, bishops of Ravenna; Martyr Apollonius of Rome; The Holy Prophet Ezekiel<\/h4>\n
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The Holy Prophet Ezekiel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Holy Prophet Ezekiel lived in the sixth century before the birth of Christ. He was born in the city of Sarir, and descended from the tribe of Levi; he was a priest and the son of the priest Buzi. Ezekiel was led off to Babylon when he was twenty-five years old together with King Jechoniah II and many other Jews during the second invasion of Jerusalem by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.<\/p>\n

The Prophet Ezekiel lived in captivity by the River Chebar. When he was thirty years old, he had a vision of the future of the Hebrew nation and of all mankind. The prophet beheld a shining cloud, with fire flashing continually, and in the midst of the fire, gleaming bronze. He also saw four living creatures in the shape of men, but with four faces (Ez. 1:6). Each had the face of a man in front, the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle at the back (Ez. 1:10). There was a wheel on the earth beside each creature, and the rim of each wheel was full of eyes. <\/p>\n

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

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Services and Events This Week<\/h2>\n