November 05
All Saints Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2023-11-05
Bulletin Contents
Weekly Calendar
Parish Announcements
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
All Saints Greek Orthodox Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (309) 682-5824
- Fax:
- (309) 682-5824
- Email:
- allsaintspeoria@gmail.com
- Street Address:
- 1812 N Prospect Rd
- Peoria, IL 61603
Contact Information
Services Schedule
SUNDAY MORNING:
8:50 AM - Matins/Orthros
10:00 AM - Divine Liturgy
Sunday School Following Holy Communion
Fellowship Hour after the conclusion of Divine Liturgy in the Hall
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2023-11-12
- Publish Date:
- 2023-10-29
- Publish Date:
- 2023-10-22
- Publish Date:
- 2023-10-08
- Publish Date:
- 2023-10-01
- Publish Date:
- 2023-09-24
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, November 5th
5th Sunday of Luke
9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy
General Assembly following Divine Liturgy
Weekly Calendar:
Sun, Nov. 5: 5th Sunday of Luke (Fast Free)
9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy
General Assembly following Divine Liturgy
Mon, Nov. 6: St. Paul the Confessor (Fast Free)
Tues, Nov. 7: St. Lazarus the Wonderworker (Fast Free)
Wed, Nov. 8: Synaxis of the Archangels (Strict Fast)
9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy
6:00pm – Vespers for St. Nektarios
Showing of Man of God immediately following Vespers
Thurs, Nov. 9: St. Nektarios the Wonderworker (Fast Free)
7:00pm – Bible Study (via Zoom)
Fri, Nov. 10: St. Arsenios of Cappadocia (Strict Fast)
Sat, Nov. 11: St. Theodore the Studite (Fast Free)
5:00pm – Great Vespers
Sun, Nov. 12: 8th Sunday of Luke (Fast Free)
9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy
Thanksgiving Meal following Divine Liturgy
Parish Announcements
General Assembly – Sun. Nov 5th Following Divine Liturgy
Our Fall General Assembly will take place today, Sunday Nov. 5th immediately following Divine Liturgy in the downstairs fellowship hall. All stewards of All Saints in good standing are invited to attend.
Thanksgiving Meal – Sun. Nov. 12th Following Divine Liturgy
Our parish Thanksgiving meal will take place on Sunday Nov. 12th immediately following Divine Liturgy in the downstairs fellowship hall. The meal is open to the entire community, and there will just be a free will donation offering to support the parish (no cost to attend).
Vespers & Movie – Wed. Nov. 8th @ 6pm
We will be having Vespers to honor St. Nektarios, and then immediately after we will be showing the film Man of God in the fellowship hall. Please join us!
The Way Catechism Class – Wednesdays 6pm – 7pm (via Zoom)
No class this week due to the Vespers for St. Nektarios.
Bible Study – Thursdays 7pm – 8pm (via Zoom)
Our Bible Study is currently working through the Gospel according to St. Luke. The Zoom link is on the parish calendar, or contact Fr. Theofanis to learn more.
Zoom Phone #: 1 309 205 3325, Meeting ID: 891 3340 3440, Passcode: 317197
Sunday School
Sunday School is under way! Any children (Pre-school through High School) are welcome to attend class. Sunday School children and teachers come to receive Holy Communion first, and then go downstairs for class. For any questions, please reach out to Trisha Holton (trisha.meier@gmail.com)
Saints and Feasts
November 06
Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Paul was from Thessalonica. He became the secretary of Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Aug. 30), a deacon, and then the successor of Saint Alexander in about 337. Because of his virtue, his eloquence in teaching, and his zeal for Orthodoxy, the Arians hated and feared him. When the Arian Emperor Constantius, who was in Antioch, learned of Paul's election, he exiled Paul and proclaimed the Arian Eusebius Patriarch. Saint Paul went to Rome, where he found Saint Athanasius the Great also in exile. Provided with letters by Pope Julius, Paul returned to Constantinople, and after the death of Eusebius in 342, ascended again his rightful throne; the Arians meanwhile elected Macedonius, because he rejected the Son's con-substantiality with the Father (and the divinity of the Holy Spirit besides). When Constantius, yet at Antioch, learned of Paul's return, he sent troops to Constantinople to drive Paul out. The Saint returned to Rome, where Saint Athanasius also was again in exile. Constans, Emperor of the West, Constantius' brother, but Orthodox, wrote to Constantius that if Athanasius and Paul were not allowed to return to their sees, he would come with troops to restore them him-self. So Paul again returned to his throne. After the death of Constans, however, Constantius had Paul deposed. Because of the love of the people for Saint Paul, Philip the Prefect, who was sent for him, was compelled to arrest him secretly to avoid a sedition. Paul was banished to Cucusus, on the borders of Cilicia and Armenia; a town through which his most illustrious successor, Saint John Chrysostom would also pass on his way to Comana in his last exile. In Cucusus, about the year 350, as Saint Paul was celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the little house where he was a prisoner, the Arians strangled him with his own omophorion, so much did they fear him even in exile. His holy relics were brought back to Constantinople with honour by the Emperor Theodosius the Great.
November 05
Galaktion & his wife Episteme, the Martyrs of Emesa
Saint Galaktion was from Emesa, the son of Cleitophon and Leucippe, pagans who had been instructed in piety by a certain Christian named Onuphrius and received holy Baptism. Saint Episteme, born of unbelieving parents, was baptized before she was wedded to Galaktion. After their marriage they remained in virginity and lived in separate monastic houses. Betrayed as Christians, they suffered martyrdom during the reign of Decius, about the year 250.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
22nd Sunday after Pentecost
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18
Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
Gospel Reading
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 16:19-31
The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"
Wisdom of the Fathers
The man who has once chosen pleasure in this life, and has not cured his inconsiderateness by repentance, places the land of the good beyond his own reach; for he has dug against himself the yawning impassable abyss of a necessity that nothing can break through.
A modern monk heard it said, and taught his brothers, that money is like manure. Unless it is quickly spread around, it does no good, but scorches and defiles what it covers.
Evergetinos