Patriarch Celebrates Historic Liturgy in Ancient Monastery
Orthodox Christians held the first Divine Liturgy in almost 90 years at an ancient monastery on the… [more]
Safely Home to Heaven
I was glad you called this weekend and let me know how you are doing. It sounds like you have a pretty good case of Calvinist-Jansenist indigestion: uncomfortable and debilitating, but not inevitably fatal. A lot of western converts to Orthodoxy—Americans, Germans, etc., suffer from this to one degree or another, especially early on in spiritual life.
The Vocation of the Christian Warrior
In all times, Orthodoxy has had profound respect for soldiers who gave their lives to protect the life and security of their neighbours. The Holy Church has canonised many soldiers, taking into account their Christian virtues and applying to them Christ’s world: “Greater love hath no man but this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Digital Natives Embrace Ancient Church
Tim Flinders will graduate from Grand Valley State University next month. Raised Lutheran, he also explored fundamentalist Baptism, Roman Catholicism and even Messianic Judaism before converting to Orthodox Christianity this year.
Ten Steps to a Better Prayer Life
Author: Anonymous Designate A Prayer Space: Whether it is in the corner of your desk or a little… [more]
The Word ‘God,’ The Divine Names, ‘Father’ As Divine Name
The words used to refer to ‘God’ in different languages are related to various concepts. The peoples of antiquity attempted to find in their languages a word to express their notion of God or, rather, their experience of encounter with the Divinity.
Church News
Epiphany Liturgy on Jan 5 at 6pm at St. Paul’s
We will join with St. Paul's Orthodox Church (get map) on the Eve of Epiphany on January 5, 2012, … [Read More...]
Bible Study begins Tuesday, October 25 at 7pm
Our bible study resumes Tuesday, October 25 at 7pm at the home of John and Frieda Hansen (get map). … [Read More...]
Supporting our missionary
St. Peter's sends $25 each month to Michael Pegadus, missionary in Tanzania. Barbara Zeena made the … [Read More...]
Stewardship forms for 2012
Once again it is time to renew our stewardship commitment for next year, 2012. Please prayerfully … [Read More...]
Stories and Essays
Catholic Online and the Acton Insitute Publishes Fr. Hans’ Essay
Last week I mentioned an essay I wrote that would be published soon. It was first published on the … [Read More...]
Ten Tips for Holy Week and Pascha
I saw these last year on Fr. Peter Preble's blog, and thought they were excellent to bring into … [Read More...]
Christ of the Folded Napkin
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Another gem of Scripture and sense from Fr. Patrick, this one comes to … [Read More...]
The Days of Holy Week
Each day in Holy Week is devoted to a particular theme, and since they pass quickly, here they are … [Read More...]
Welcome to St. Peter’s
St Peter’s was given this directive from Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese: “Establish a parish that will draw people who have never stepped into a church before.” It’s a worthwhile challenge, and one that can be fulfilled because many people are searching for enduring and certain truth.
Truth is found in Christ. “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” Jesus said. We encounter Christ through hearing the Gospel, and the Gospel as it comprehended and understood in our Orthodox Christian faith has led many people to embrace the Orthodox Church as well.
Here’s our mission as we have defined it so far: We want St. Peter’s to be a place of welcome to any one seeking Christ. We want St. Peter’s to develop into a place of prayer and worship where Christ can be found.
We welcome any Orthodox Christian from any jurisdiction to attend.
We especially welcome anyone interested in Orthodox Christianity to come, as well as Orthodox Christians who may be disenfranchised and want to reestablish contact with their Church.
Who are we?
“And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” (Acts 11:26) Whether you are already an Orthodox Christian, or simply curious about Orthodox Christianity, we hope to welcome you soon to our parish. St. Peter Orthodox Mission You may notice that St. Peter is called a "mission" even though or web address says "church." Why is that? Because we have confidence that our efforts to establish an Orthodox Church in the Ft. Myers and Naples of southwest Florida will, by God's grace and blessing, will meet with success. Missions are start-ups, but many missions grow to become self-sustaining parishes. The vision of St. Peter's is to reach out to anyone seeking Christ as he can be understood and known in our Orthodox Christian faith. We also encourage … [Read More...]
