{"id":26811,"date":"2024-09-23T18:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=26811"},"modified":"2024-09-23T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:13:11","slug":"st-peter-news-september-24-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-news-september-24-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter News September 24, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
\nSecond Sunday of Luke<\/h2>\n

Venerable Kyriakos the hermit of Palestine<\/h4>\n

Martyr Petronia and those with her in Palestine; Mother Mary the hermit of Palestine<\/h4>\n

Who is the Venerable Kyriakos the hermit of Palestine?<\/h2>\n
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Venerable Kyriakos the hermit of Palestinee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Saint Kyriakos (Kyri\u00e1kos)1 was born in the Greek city of Corinth to the priest John and his wife Eudok?a. Bishop Peter of Corinth, who was a family relative, seeing that Kyriakos was a quiet and sensible child, made him a Reader in church. His constant reading of the Holy Scriptures awakened in him a love for the Lord, and made him long for a pure and holy life.<\/p>\n

When he was not yet eighteen years old, Kyriakos was deeply moved during a Church Service by the words of the Gospel: “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24). He believed that these words applied to him, so he went straight to the harbor without stopping at home, got onto a ship, and went to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

After visiting the holy places, Kyriakos lived for several months at a monastery not far from Sion, in obedience to the Igoumen Abba Eustorgios (Eust\u00f3rgios). Later, with the latter’s blessing, he made his way to the wilderness Lavra of Saint Euthymios the Great (January 20). Saint Euthymios, discerning great gifts of God in Kyriakos, tonsured him into the monastic schema and placed him under the guidance of Saint Gerasimos (Ger\u00e1simos) (March 4), who trained him in asceticism at the Monastery of Saint Theoktistos (The\u00f3ktistos) by the Jordan.<\/p>\n

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

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