{"id":7204,"date":"2018-10-09T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2018-10-09T05:00:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T09:00:32","slug":"st-peter-newsletter-october-9-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/st-peter-newsletter-october-9-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter Newsletter October 9, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius and Celsus of Milan
\nCosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Ma\u00efuma
\nVenerable Paraskeva of the New of Thrace
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The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Sunday the Church remembers the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council under the holy Patriarch Tarasius.<\/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: The Orthodox Church in America<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Myrrh Streaming Icon of the Theotokos Coming to St. Paul’s in Naples<\/h2>\n

Mark you Calendar: Friday, October 19, 2018 6:00pm-8:30pm<\/h4>\n

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During the month of October in the year 2007, a great miracle occurred in the State of Hawaii when the Miracleworking and Myrrh-streaming “Hawaiian” Iveron Icon of the Theotokos began streaming myrrh in the home of an Orthodox Christian couple in Honolulu.<\/p>\n

The Iveron Icon, a small mounted print, (a copy of the Montreal Iveron Icon), originally purchased at the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral’s small church kiosk in Toronto by Rev. Anatole V. Lyovin, was given to the Reader Nectarios in Hawaii as a gift for the aforementioned name’s day. This Icon was in the Reader’s possession for eight years before it, along with a small hand-painted cross, began exuding a fragrant oil-like substance traditionally referred to as “myrrh” by the Orthodox Church. It was decided by Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco that this Icon of the Mother of God was to be taken to the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco where it underwent tests and was carefully examined by the Archbishop and a commission of priests to verify the Icon’s miraculous attributes.<\/p>\n

In June of 2008, the “Hawaiian” Iveron Icon of the Mother of God was declared to be a genuine and miraculous Icon, which was in fact exuding myrrh on a continuing basis. It was decided by Episcopal proclamation (Ukaz) that the Reader Nectarios, the Icon’s original owner, be “Her” guardian and was to take the Icon to the various churches and monasteries of Holy Orthodoxy, in effect, to provide for the veneration of all Orthodox Christians.<\/p>\n

Since that time, the Miracle-working Icon has visited over 350 churches and monasteries in North America, and has been venerated by over a quarter of a million people. The holy Icon has been a constant source of a growing number of miraculous occurrences, including the healing of cancer, blindness, demonic possession, and various types of physical and spiritual infirmities. People have felt a deep spiritual connection to this Icon, even spending hours on end simply standing before “Her”, and watching the myrrh flow from the hands and stars on the image.<\/p>\n

For more information visit these websites:<\/p>\n