November 18
Ss. Peter and Paul Church
Publish Date: 2018-11-18
Bulletin Contents
Ss. Peter and Paul Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (828) 773-5488
- Street Address:
- 707 Hwy 105 Bypass, #4
- Boone, NC 28607
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Schedule of Services:
Saturday, Great Vespers, 5:30 pm
Sunday, Reader's Typica Service or The Divine Liturgy, 10:00 am
Wednesdays, 5:30 pm: Vespers
-Holy Days as Announced-
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2018-11-11
- Publish Date:
- 2018-11-04
- Publish Date:
- 2018-09-23
- Publish Date:
- 2018-09-16
- Publish Date:
- 2018-09-09
- Publish Date:
- 2018-09-02
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 8th Tone
From the heights thou didst descend O Compassionate One, and thou didst submit to the three-day burial, that thou might deliver us from passion. Thou art our Life and our Resurrection, O Lord, glory to thee.
Apolytikion for Great Martyr Plato in the 4th Tone
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Seasonal Kontakion in the 4th Tone
The all-pure temple of the Savior, the most precious bridal-chamber and Virgin, the treasure-house of the glory of God, today entered the Temple of the Lord, bringing with her the grace which is in the divine Spirit: whom also the angels of God do celebrate in song; for she is the heavenly tabernacle.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. 8th Tone. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:1-7.
Brethren, 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.
Gospel Reading
9th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 12:16-21
The Lord said 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 these things, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Wisdom of the Fathers
I cannot be silent about the story of Hesychius the Horebite. He passed his life in complete negligence, without paying the least attention to his soul. Then he became extremely ill, and for an hour he left his body.
Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century
And when he came to himself, he begged us all to leave him immediately. And he built up the door of his cell, and he stayed in it for twelve years without ever uttering a word to anyone, and without eating anything but bread and water.
Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century
But when he was about to die, we broke open the door and went in, and after many questions this alone was all we heard from him: 'Forgive me! No one who has acquired the remembrance of death will ever be able to sin.'
Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century
And, always remaining motionless, he was so wrapt in spirit in what he had seen in his ecstasy that he never changed his place but was always as if out of his mind, and silently shed hot tears.
Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century
Just as the Fathers lay down that perfect love knows no sin, so I for my part declare that a perfect sense of death is free from fear ... The remembrance of death, like all other blessings, is a gift of God- He who has died to all things remembers death ...
Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century
So by his true and praise-worthy repentance the Lord showed us that even after long negligence He accepts those who desire to amend. The remembrance of death and sins precedes weeping and mourning ... The remembrance of death is a daily death ...
Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century
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