<\/title> \n <meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\" \/> \n<\/head> \n<body><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Ninth Sunday of Luke<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Holy Martyr Plato of Ancyra; Martyr Romanos of Antioch; \nMartyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeos the reader of Caesarea in Palestine \n<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7278\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/st-plato-465x650.png\" alt=\"St. Plato the Great\" width=\"465\" height=\"650\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7278\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Plato the Great<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Who was St. Plato the Great?<\/h4>\nThe Holy Martyr Plato, brother of the Holy Martyr Antiochus the Physician (July 16), was born in the city of Ancyra in Galatia. While still a youth he left home and went through the cities, preaching the word of God to pagans, amazing his audience with the persuasiveness and beauty of his speech, and his profound knowledge of Greek learning.<\/p>\nBecause of his preaching he was arrested and brought for trial to the temple of Zeus before the governor Agrippinus. At first, the judge attempted to persuade the Saint to turn away from Christ by flattery. He assured the youth that he might be on a par of intellect with the greatest of the philosophers Plato, if only he worshiped also the pagan gods. To this Saint Plato answered, that the wisdom of the philosopher, although great, was but ephemeral and limited, whereas the true, eternal and unbounded wisdom comprised the Gospel teachings.<\/p>\n[…]<\/p>\nWhen the governor counseled him to avoid death and save his life by worshiping the idols, Plato said: “There are two deaths, the one temporal and the other eternal; so also are there two lives, one of short duration and the other without end.” Then the judge promised to give him his beautiful niece for his wife if he would deny Christ. He also threatened him with torture and death if he refused. Plato replied that he chose a temporal death for the sake of eternal life. The patience of the governor was exhausted, and he gave orders to ten soldiers to mercilessly beat the Martyr, and then send him off to prison.<\/p>\n[…]<\/p>\nAfter his tortures they threw him in prison for eighteen more days without bread or water. When the guards were amazed that Plato was able to live in hunger for so long, he told them: “You are satisfied by meat, but I, by holy prayers. Wine gladdens you, but Christ the True Vine gladdens me.” Seeing that this did not shake the Martyr, they offered him his life and freedom if he would only say, “Great is the god Apollo.” The Martyr refused to deny Christ or to sacrifice to the idols. Therefore, Agrippinus ordered the Holy Martyr Plato to be beheaded in the year 266.<\/p>\nRead the complete biography on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsanidopoulos.com\/2011\/11\/saint-plato-great-martyr-of-ancyra.html\">Mystagogy<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Christmas Fast Begins November 15, 2017<\/h2>\nThe Nativity Fast is one of the four Canonical Fasting Seasons in the Church year. This is a joyous fast in anticipation of the Nativity of Christ. That is the reason it is less strict than other fasting periods. The fast is divided into two periods. The 1st period is November 15th through December 19th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, dairy, fish, wine, and oil) is observed. There is dispensation given for wine and oil on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Similarly, fish, wine, and oil are permitted on Saturdays and Sundays.<\/p>\nThe 2nd period is December 20th through 24th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, dairy, fish, wine, and oil) is observed. There is dispensation given for wine and oil only on Saturday and Sunday during this period.<\/p>\nFasting always works in conjuction with prayer and giving alms (helping the poor, giving to worthy charities, etc.). Fasting helps us reorder the interior life, but the reordering does not occur with greater prayer and greater concern for the poor.<\/p>\nThe reordering is a clarification — we end up seeing things more clearly, we get stronger in the fight against sin and temptation. The fast always ends on a great Feast Day of our Lord.<\/p>\nFor a complete list, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/antiochian.org\/node\/18518\">Antiochian website<\/a> or click on the image below:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/antiochian.org\/node\/18518\"> \n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fasting-chart-500x273.png\" alt=\"Click to go to the Antiochian website\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Entrance of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy on Tuesday, November 20, 2017 at 6:30pm<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6319\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/entrance-theotokos-500x2282.png\" alt=\"Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6319\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, also called The Presentation, is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on November 21.<\/p>\nAccording to Tradition, the Theotokos was taken – presented – by her parents Joachim and Anna into the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem as a young girl, where she lived and served as a Temple virgin until her betrothal to St. Joseph. One of the earliest sources of this tradition is the non-canonical Protoevangelion of James, also called the Infancy Gospel of James.<\/p>\nMary was solemnly received by the temple community which was headed by the priest Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist. She was led to the holy place to become herself the “holy of holies” of God, the living sanctuary and temple of the Divine child who was to be born in her. The Church also sees this feast as a feast which marks the end of the physical temple in Jerusalem as the dwelling place of God.<\/p>\nSource: The <a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxwiki.org\/Entrance_of_the_Theotokos\">OrthodoxWiki<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Mark You Calendar – St. Nicholas Children’s Celebration on Wednesday, December 5, 2018<\/h2>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/st-nicholas-350x373.png\" alt=\"St. Nicholas\" width=\"350\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6322\" \/><\/p>\nThe kids love it!<\/p>\nSchedule: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St. Nicholas Divine Liturgy at 6pm.<\/li>\n<li>St. Nickolas program follows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nParents: Bring you children!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Toys for Tots Drive Until December 2, 2018<\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toys-for-tots-495x162.png\" alt=\"Give to Toys for Tots\" width=\"495\" height=\"162\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6274\" \/><\/p>\nLet’s make our Second Annual Toys for Tots Drive<\/strong> the best one yet!<\/p>\nPlease bring new, unwrapped toys to Church to make Christmas brighter for kids who otherwise would have none. <\/p>\nA Toys for Tots contribution box will be in the Social Hall until December 2, 2018.<\/p>\nEvery child deserves a Christmas!<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Interfaith Charities Needs Soups<\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/soups-500x278.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7279\" \/><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icslee.org\/\">Interfaith Charities<\/a>, the local assembly of churches that helps the poor in our area, needs soups.<\/p>\nPublix is running a two for one on soups this week. Buy some and give double!<\/p>\nIf you bring to the church, we will get them to Interfaith Charities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Calendar At A Glance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, November 15<\/strong> — Christmas Fast Begins<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, November 20, 2018<\/strong> — 6:30pm Entrance of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday December 5, 2018<\/strong> — St. Nicholas Celebration. Evening begins with Divine Liturgy at 6:00pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wisdom From The Elders<\/h2>\nBe careful because wine to a young man becomes blood and to an old man it becomes water. Elder Arsenios the Cave-Dweller<\/strong><\/p>\nLearn to know the spirit of the age, study it, so whenever possible you will be able to avoid its influence. Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov<\/strong><\/p>\nGeronda, when someone is not needy but pretends to be, should we help him? – Christ said, We should give to him who begs from us without examining. Even if someone who begs from you is not in need, you should still give to him. Be happy in giving to him. Elder Paisios of Mount Athos<\/strong><\/p>\nDo not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. St. John Climacus<\/strong><\/p>\nObedience is love, but disobedience is non-love, it is the trampling upon love. Never decline from obedience. Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) of Bogucharsk<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Remember in Your Prayers<\/h2>\n\nHelen (Rogers) \nDoug Spencer \nKathy Spencer \nKathy D \nAndreas \nSofia Te\u0161anovic \nPaul \nCarmine John Anthony \nDennis H. and Family \nVictor Evan \nAnn \nJames \nVasiliki \nEfstratia \nAlexandra \nNikos \nGeorgia \nIoannis \nCostandino \nJeffrey \nVaso \nDave \nDimitri – Presbyter \nVassiliki \nOctavio \nTom \nCarl \nRena \nNikolay (5 year old boy in Bulgaria whose parents asked us to pray) \nDavid \nEva K. \nRosie \nKathryn \nJeremy \nConstantine \nRobert \nJane \nTheodora \nDavid \nGina \nBaby Brynn L. \nMicheal \nHaralambos \nLillian \nPresbytera Rosy \nValentina \nEva W. \nBarbara \nAngela \nCarol Ann \nMatthew \nChrysostom \nTim \nPat \nChristina \nMaria Louise \nMaximos \nMarian \nPhotini \nNicholas \nSarah \nPetronia (Wife of Phil Pappas) \nConstantine Houpis \nAnna Marie Smith Baker \nRon Chromulak \nBeverly Chromulak \nKaterina \nLoucine Kassis \nMary Kassis \nBaby Maximus \nChristine \nMaria \nAnnette Star \nClaire Livaditis \nEva Chandilles \nBaby Dani \nScott Nedoff \nJames Hord \nTom<\/p>\nHow should we pray for the sick? Remember them daily. Say their names (first names are sufficient) and ask God to bestow mercy and grace on them.<\/p>\nAdd or remove names and print this list for easy reference during your prayer time <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/prayer-list\/\">on the St. Peter website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pantokrator-blessing.png\" alt=\"Christ Giving Blessing\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3509\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h4>Epistle<\/h4>\nFor the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost<\/p>\nMake your vows to the Lord our God and perform them. \nGod is known in Judah; His Name is great in Israel.<\/p>\nThe Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians. (4:1-7)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nBrethren, I, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, Who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h4>Gospel<\/h4>\nFor the Ninth Sunday of Luke<\/p>\nThe Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (12:16-21)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nThe Lord spoke this parable: “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” As He said this, Jesus called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1em 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/divider-2.png\" alt=\"St. Peter Orthodox Church\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holy Martyr Plato of Ancyra, Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Divine Liturgy, Christmas Lent Starts, St. Nicholas Celebration…more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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\n <\/title> \n <meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\" \/> \n<\/head> \n<body><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Ninth Sunday of Luke<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Holy Martyr Plato of Ancyra; Martyr Romanos of Antioch; \nMartyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeos the reader of Caesarea in Palestine \n<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7278\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/st-plato-465x650.png\" alt=\"St. Plato the Great\" width=\"465\" height=\"650\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7278\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Plato the Great<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Who was St. Plato the Great?<\/h4>\nThe Holy Martyr Plato, brother of the Holy Martyr Antiochus the Physician (July 16), was born in the city of Ancyra in Galatia. While still a youth he left home and went through the cities, preaching the word of God to pagans, amazing his audience with the persuasiveness and beauty of his speech, and his profound knowledge of Greek learning.<\/p>\nBecause of his preaching he was arrested and brought for trial to the temple of Zeus before the governor Agrippinus. At first, the judge attempted to persuade the Saint to turn away from Christ by flattery. He assured the youth that he might be on a par of intellect with the greatest of the philosophers Plato, if only he worshiped also the pagan gods. To this Saint Plato answered, that the wisdom of the philosopher, although great, was but ephemeral and limited, whereas the true, eternal and unbounded wisdom comprised the Gospel teachings.<\/p>\n[…]<\/p>\nWhen the governor counseled him to avoid death and save his life by worshiping the idols, Plato said: “There are two deaths, the one temporal and the other eternal; so also are there two lives, one of short duration and the other without end.” Then the judge promised to give him his beautiful niece for his wife if he would deny Christ. He also threatened him with torture and death if he refused. Plato replied that he chose a temporal death for the sake of eternal life. The patience of the governor was exhausted, and he gave orders to ten soldiers to mercilessly beat the Martyr, and then send him off to prison.<\/p>\n[…]<\/p>\nAfter his tortures they threw him in prison for eighteen more days without bread or water. When the guards were amazed that Plato was able to live in hunger for so long, he told them: “You are satisfied by meat, but I, by holy prayers. Wine gladdens you, but Christ the True Vine gladdens me.” Seeing that this did not shake the Martyr, they offered him his life and freedom if he would only say, “Great is the god Apollo.” The Martyr refused to deny Christ or to sacrifice to the idols. Therefore, Agrippinus ordered the Holy Martyr Plato to be beheaded in the year 266.<\/p>\nRead the complete biography on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsanidopoulos.com\/2011\/11\/saint-plato-great-martyr-of-ancyra.html\">Mystagogy<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Christmas Fast Begins November 15, 2017<\/h2>\nThe Nativity Fast is one of the four Canonical Fasting Seasons in the Church year. This is a joyous fast in anticipation of the Nativity of Christ. That is the reason it is less strict than other fasting periods. The fast is divided into two periods. The 1st period is November 15th through December 19th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, dairy, fish, wine, and oil) is observed. There is dispensation given for wine and oil on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Similarly, fish, wine, and oil are permitted on Saturdays and Sundays.<\/p>\nThe 2nd period is December 20th through 24th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, dairy, fish, wine, and oil) is observed. There is dispensation given for wine and oil only on Saturday and Sunday during this period.<\/p>\nFasting always works in conjuction with prayer and giving alms (helping the poor, giving to worthy charities, etc.). Fasting helps us reorder the interior life, but the reordering does not occur with greater prayer and greater concern for the poor.<\/p>\nThe reordering is a clarification — we end up seeing things more clearly, we get stronger in the fight against sin and temptation. The fast always ends on a great Feast Day of our Lord.<\/p>\nFor a complete list, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/antiochian.org\/node\/18518\">Antiochian website<\/a> or click on the image below:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/antiochian.org\/node\/18518\"> \n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fasting-chart-500x273.png\" alt=\"Click to go to the Antiochian website\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Entrance of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy on Tuesday, November 20, 2017 at 6:30pm<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6319\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/entrance-theotokos-500x2282.png\" alt=\"Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6319\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, also called The Presentation, is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on November 21.<\/p>\nAccording to Tradition, the Theotokos was taken – presented – by her parents Joachim and Anna into the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem as a young girl, where she lived and served as a Temple virgin until her betrothal to St. Joseph. One of the earliest sources of this tradition is the non-canonical Protoevangelion of James, also called the Infancy Gospel of James.<\/p>\nMary was solemnly received by the temple community which was headed by the priest Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist. She was led to the holy place to become herself the “holy of holies” of God, the living sanctuary and temple of the Divine child who was to be born in her. The Church also sees this feast as a feast which marks the end of the physical temple in Jerusalem as the dwelling place of God.<\/p>\nSource: The <a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxwiki.org\/Entrance_of_the_Theotokos\">OrthodoxWiki<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Mark You Calendar – St. Nicholas Children’s Celebration on Wednesday, December 5, 2018<\/h2>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/st-nicholas-350x373.png\" alt=\"St. Nicholas\" width=\"350\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6322\" \/><\/p>\nThe kids love it!<\/p>\nSchedule: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St. Nicholas Divine Liturgy at 6pm.<\/li>\n<li>St. Nickolas program follows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nParents: Bring you children!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Toys for Tots Drive Until December 2, 2018<\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/toys-for-tots-495x162.png\" alt=\"Give to Toys for Tots\" width=\"495\" height=\"162\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6274\" \/><\/p>\nLet’s make our Second Annual Toys for Tots Drive<\/strong> the best one yet!<\/p>\nPlease bring new, unwrapped toys to Church to make Christmas brighter for kids who otherwise would have none. <\/p>\nA Toys for Tots contribution box will be in the Social Hall until December 2, 2018.<\/p>\nEvery child deserves a Christmas!<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Interfaith Charities Needs Soups<\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/soups-500x278.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7279\" \/><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icslee.org\/\">Interfaith Charities<\/a>, the local assembly of churches that helps the poor in our area, needs soups.<\/p>\nPublix is running a two for one on soups this week. Buy some and give double!<\/p>\nIf you bring to the church, we will get them to Interfaith Charities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Calendar At A Glance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, November 15<\/strong> — Christmas Fast Begins<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, November 20, 2018<\/strong> — 6:30pm Entrance of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday December 5, 2018<\/strong> — St. Nicholas Celebration. Evening begins with Divine Liturgy at 6:00pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wisdom From The Elders<\/h2>\nBe careful because wine to a young man becomes blood and to an old man it becomes water. Elder Arsenios the Cave-Dweller<\/strong><\/p>\nLearn to know the spirit of the age, study it, so whenever possible you will be able to avoid its influence. Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov<\/strong><\/p>\nGeronda, when someone is not needy but pretends to be, should we help him? – Christ said, We should give to him who begs from us without examining. Even if someone who begs from you is not in need, you should still give to him. Be happy in giving to him. Elder Paisios of Mount Athos<\/strong><\/p>\nDo not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. St. John Climacus<\/strong><\/p>\nObedience is love, but disobedience is non-love, it is the trampling upon love. Never decline from obedience. Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) of Bogucharsk<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Remember in Your Prayers<\/h2>\n\nHelen (Rogers) \nDoug Spencer \nKathy Spencer \nKathy D \nAndreas \nSofia Te\u0161anovic \nPaul \nCarmine John Anthony \nDennis H. and Family \nVictor Evan \nAnn \nJames \nVasiliki \nEfstratia \nAlexandra \nNikos \nGeorgia \nIoannis \nCostandino \nJeffrey \nVaso \nDave \nDimitri – Presbyter \nVassiliki \nOctavio \nTom \nCarl \nRena \nNikolay (5 year old boy in Bulgaria whose parents asked us to pray) \nDavid \nEva K. \nRosie \nKathryn \nJeremy \nConstantine \nRobert \nJane \nTheodora \nDavid \nGina \nBaby Brynn L. \nMicheal \nHaralambos \nLillian \nPresbytera Rosy \nValentina \nEva W. \nBarbara \nAngela \nCarol Ann \nMatthew \nChrysostom \nTim \nPat \nChristina \nMaria Louise \nMaximos \nMarian \nPhotini \nNicholas \nSarah \nPetronia (Wife of Phil Pappas) \nConstantine Houpis \nAnna Marie Smith Baker \nRon Chromulak \nBeverly Chromulak \nKaterina \nLoucine Kassis \nMary Kassis \nBaby Maximus \nChristine \nMaria \nAnnette Star \nClaire Livaditis \nEva Chandilles \nBaby Dani \nScott Nedoff \nJames Hord \nTom<\/p>\nHow should we pray for the sick? Remember them daily. Say their names (first names are sufficient) and ask God to bestow mercy and grace on them.<\/p>\nAdd or remove names and print this list for easy reference during your prayer time <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/prayer-list\/\">on the St. Peter website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/div>\n<h2>Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pantokrator-blessing.png\" alt=\"Christ Giving Blessing\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3509\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h4>Epistle<\/h4>\nFor the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost<\/p>\nMake your vows to the Lord our God and perform them. \nGod is known in Judah; His Name is great in Israel.<\/p>\nThe Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians. (4:1-7)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nBrethren, I, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, Who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h4>Gospel<\/h4>\nFor the Ninth Sunday of Luke<\/p>\nThe Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (12:16-21)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nThe Lord spoke this parable: “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” As He said this, Jesus called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1em 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/divider-2.png\" alt=\"St. Peter Orthodox Church\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holy Martyr Plato of Ancyra, Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Divine Liturgy, Christmas Lent Starts, St. Nicholas Celebration…more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}