{"id":26910,"date":"2025-01-13T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=26910"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:32:40","slug":"st-peter-news-january-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-news-january-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter News January 14, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Twelfth Sunday of Luke<\/h2>\n

Venerable Makarios the Great of Egypt, the Anchorite<\/h4>\n

Venerable Makarios of Alexandria
Arsenios, Bishop of Kerkyra
Venerable Mark Eugenikos,
\nMetropolitan of Ephesus, pillar of Orthodoxy
Martyr Antony of Damascus<\/h4>\n
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Who was Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt?<\/h4>\n
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Venerable Makarios the Great of Egypt, the Anchorite<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saint Macarius the Great of Egypt was born in the early fourth century in the village of Ptinapor in Egypt. At the wish of his parents he entered into marriage, but was soon widowed. After he buried his wife, Macarius told himself, “Take heed, Macarius, and have care for your soul. It is fitting that you forsake worldly life.”<\/p>\n

The Lord rewarded the saint with a long life, but from that time the memory of death was constantly with him, impelling him to ascetic deeds of prayer and penitence. He began to visit the church of God more frequently and to be more deeply absorbed in Holy Scripture, but he did not leave his aged parents, thus fulfilling the commandment to honor one’s parents.<\/p>\n

Until his parents died, Saint Macarius used his remaining substance to help them and he began to pray fervently that the Lord might show him a guide on the way to salvation. The Lord sent him an experienced Elder, who lived in the desert not far from the village. The Elder accepted the youth with love, guided him in the spiritual science of watchfulness, fasting and prayer, and taught him the handicraft of weaving baskets. After building a separate cell not far from his own, the Elder settled his disciple in it.<\/p>\n

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

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