{"id":5475,"date":"2016-10-11T09:20:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:20:56","slug":"st-peter-newsletter-october-10-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-newsletter-october-10-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter Newsletter October 10, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday of Holy Fathers of Seventh Ecumenical Council
\nFourth Sunday of Luke<\/h2>\n

The Martyr Longinos the Centurion
who Stood at the Cross of the Lord<\/h4>\n
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The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today the Church remembers the 350 Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council under the holy Patriarch Tarasius (February 25).<\/p>\n

The Synod of 787, the second to meet at Nicea, refuted the Iconoclast heresy during the reign of Empress Irene and her son Constantine VI.<\/p>\n

The Council decreed that the veneration of icons was not idolatry (Exodus 20:4-5), because the honor shown to them is not directed to the wood or paint, but passes to the prototype (the person depicted). It also upheld the possibility of depicting Christ, Who became man and took flesh at His Incarnation. The Father, on the other hand, cannot be represented in His eternal nature, because “no man has seen God at any time” (John 1:18).<\/p>\n

Source: Orthodox Church in America<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Who was the Martyr Longinos?<\/h2>\n
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The Martyr Loginos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martyr Longinus is the Centurion who Stood at the Cross of the Lord.<\/p>\n

He stood transfixed at the foot of the Cross, watching and wondering, full of awe and amazement. And then all at once, something was born in him – a spark of faith, a brand-new beginning. And his life was changed forever.<\/p>\n

The divine Matthew the Evangelist describes the moment of his conversion to Christianity with enormous power:<\/p>\n

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So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The centurion’s name was Longinus, and he was in command of the Roman soldiers who presided over the Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ on Golgotha. According to some Church traditions, Longinos was also the centurion who pierced Christ’s side with a spear, in order to confirm his death – after which the wound discharged a rush of blood and water that healed an eye infection which had been troubling Longinos greatly.<\/p>\n

Read more on the Trisagion Films website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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St. Peter's Donation to Interfaith Charities<\/h2>\n

When Interfaith Charities asked St. Peter's to help restock the shelves with canned fruit, we responded!<\/p>\n

\"Interfaith<\/p>\n

We help Interfaith Ministries<\/a> when they run low on items to help the poor, especially working poor families.<\/p>\n

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May Their Memory Be Eternal<\/h2>\n
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Upcoming Memorials at St. Peter's include:<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/p>\n

Mary Spiropulos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n