On Thursday, June 28 and Friday, June 29, 2013 (Church calendar), the memory of the holy, glorious and all-lauded and foremost of the Apostles, Peter and Paul was celebrated most solemnly in the Cathedral of St. Markella in Astoria, N.Y., and His Eminence, Metropolitan Pavlos of America celebrated his name's day.
The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Attica and Boeotia together with Their Graces, Bishop Demetrius of Boston, and Christodoulos of Theoupolis, and clergy from the Cathedral, the parish of St. Isidore - Bethpage NY, and the Holy Ascension Monastery - Bearsville, NY.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service was served for the the repose of the soul of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Petros of Astoria (+1997), the founder of St. Markella's Cathedral.
Εις την εφημερίδα «Ελεύθερην Ώραν» της 6-8-2009 (ν.η.) ανγράφεται το ακόλουθον δημοσίευμα υπό τίτλον «Ο Γράψας, ο Παϊσιος και η Προφητεία!»:
«Για τον στρατηγό Δ. Γράψα υπήρχε άλλη Προφητεία. Την φοβήθηκαν.
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Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is a beautiful mission parish near downtown Tucson, a city in southern Arizona. It was started in 1997 by Father John Bockman, who was a missionary Priest formerly serving missions in Tennessee and Massachusetts since 1990. Father John served the faithful in Tucson and the surrounding area in his home Chapel until his repose in November of 2000. His wife, Presbytera Valerie, continued to make her home Chapel available for the mission, with clergy from Saint Nectarios Orthodox Church in Seattle and His Eminence, Metropolitan Moses of Toronto (then of Portland), visiting to provide the Divine Services.
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Q. Are the prayers in the blue prayer book [A Prayerbook for Orthodox Christians by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery —ed.] compulsory for everyone? I mean their morning prayers and the service of Small Compline. My confessor gave me a special rule but wasn’t clear about whether this replaced the book prayers or was in addition to them. Read more...