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20525 Center Ridge Rd. #401
Rocky River, OH 44116
United States
(440) 941-4850
A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.
8/30: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26
8/31: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 3:6-12
9/1: 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 4:16-22
9/2: 2 Corinthians 9:12-10:7; Mark 3:20-27
9/3: 2 Corinthians 10:7-18; Mark 3:28-35
9/4: 2 Corinthians 11:5-21; Mark 4:1-9
9/5: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9; Matthew 22:15-22
"When you delight in hearing evil talk, be angry with yourself and not with the speaker. For listening in a sinful way makes the messenger seem sinful." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the soul. Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself the pure intellect." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"Below the first, there is a second kind of prayer, when words are uttered, while the heart is touched, and the mind follows them, and knows to Whom the supplication is addressed." --St. Nilus of Sinai
"He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears." --St. Poemen
"But how is it possible to become like the Lord and have knowledge of God if one is subject to physical pleasures? Every pleasure is the consequence of an appetite, and an appetite is a certain pain and anxiety, caused by need, which requires some object." --St. Clement of Alexandria
"He who prays for those who offend him is without rancor; and the unstinting giver is set free from it." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"Blessed the one who loves good and fair words and hates base and destructive speech, because he will not become a prisoner of the Evil One." --St. Ephraim of Syria
For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy, Allan, Demetri
For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child
For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world
For God’s protection: all those in the military
For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care
For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless
*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***
Departed: Margaret, Maria, Christina, Elaine, Lefkey, Jimmie, Thomas, Gus, Sophia, Peter
8/23: 1 Corinthians 9:2-12; Matthew 18:23-35
8/24: 2 Corinthians 5:10-15; Mark 1:9-15
8/25: 2 Corinthians 5:15-21; Mark 1:16-22
8/26: 2 Corinthians 6:11-16; Mark 1:23-28
8:27: 2 Corinthians 7:1-10; Mark 1:29-35
8/28: 2 Corinthians 7:10-16; Mark 2:18-22
8/29: Acts 13:25-32; Mark 6:14-30
"Do not listen gleefully to gossip at your neighbor's expense or chatter to a person who likes finding fault. Otherwise you will fall away from divine love and find yourself cut off from eternal life." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"Purity is the fellowship with and likeness to God, so far as is possible for men." --St. John of the Ladder
"Just as a man whose head is under water cannot inhale pure air, so a man whose thoughts are plunged into the cares of this world cannot absorb the sensation of the world to come." --St. Isaac the Syrian
"Understand the words of Holy Scripture by putting them into practice, and do not fill yourself with conceit by elaborating on theoretical ideas." --St. Mark the Ascetic
Today: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Matthew 17:14-23
Tomorrow: 2 Corinthians 2:4-15; Matthew 23:13-22
Tuesday 8/18: 2 Corinthians 2:14-3:3; Matthew 23:23-28
Wednesday 8/19: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11; Matthew 23:29-39
Thursday 8/20: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; Matthew 24:13-28
Friday 8/21: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18; Matthew 24:27-33, 42-51
Saturday 8/22: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Matthew 19:3-12
For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Nicholas, Danielle, Nancy
For God’s protection: Marissa, Doron and their unborn child
For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world
For God’s protection: all those in the military
For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care
For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless
*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***
Departed: Margaret, Maria
"It is not darkness and desolateness of place that give demons power against us, but barrenness of soul." --St. John Climacus
"I have found the words and the commandments of Christ pure, holy, true, splendid, brighter than the sun; and whoever believes in Christ and calls Him God and lives in accordance with His teaching, contained in the Holy Gospels, is fortunate and thrice-blessed." --St. Kosmas Aitolos
"The secret sinner is worse than those who do evil openly; and so he receives a worse punishment." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"Beloved, even if we should attain the very pinnacle of virtue, let us consider ourselves least of all, as we have learned that pride is able to cast down even from the heavens the person who does not take heed, and humility of mind is able to bring up on High from the very abyss of sin the person who knows how to be sober. For this is what placed the Publican before the Pharisee. By pride I mean an overwhelming boastful spirit, surpassing even incorporeal powers, that of the devil himself while humility of mind and acknowledgment of sins by the robber is what brought him into Paradise before the Apostles." --St. John Chrysostom
"The truly intelligent man pursues one sole objective: to obey and to conform to the God of all. With this single aim in view, he disciplines his soul, and whatever he may encounter in the course of his life, he gives thanks to God for the compass and depth of His providential ordering of all things. For it is absurd to be grateful to doctors who give us bitter and unpleasant medicines to cure our bodies, and yet to be ungrateful to God for what appears to us to be harsh, not grasping that all we encounter is for our benefit and in accordance with His providence. For knowledge of God and faith in Him is the salvation and perfection of the soul." --St. Anthony the Great
For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Danielle
For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world
For God’s protection: all those in the military
For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care
For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless
*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***
Departed: Areri, Vasiliki, Theothodi, Nicolaos, Savvas, Theodi, Kiriakos, Haralambos, Savvas, Marios, Niki, George, Margaret, Maria, Stephen, Gloria, Mark
8/9: 1 Corinthians 3:9-17; Matthew 14:22-34
8/10: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19; Matthew 21:18-22
8/11: 1 Corinthians 15:29-38; Matthew 21:23-27
8/12: 1 Corinthians 16:4-12; Matthew 21:28-32
8/13: 2 Corinthians 1:1-7; Matthew 21:43-46
8/14: 2 Corinthians 1:12-20; Matthew 22:23-33
8/15: Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
"Pray simply. Do not expect to find in your heart any remarkable gift of prayer. Consider yourself unworthy of it. Then you will find peace. Use the empty cold dryness of your prayer as food for your humility."--St. Macarius of Optina
"If someone shuts a snake and a scorpion up in a bottle, in time, they will be completely destroyed. So it is with evil thoughts: they are suggested by the demons; they disappear through patience." --St. Poemen
"Discouragement does not allow the one who falls to get back up, and laziness throws down the one who is upright. The latter deprives us constantly of the goods that we gain; it does not allow us to escape from the evils that are to come. Laziness throws us down even from heaven, while discouragement hurls us down even to the very abyss of wickedness. Indeed, we can quickly return from there if we do not become discouraged." --St. John Chrysostom
"Of course, it would be easier to get to paradise with a full stomach, all snuggled up in a soft feather-bed, but what is required is to carry one’s cross along the way, for the kingdom of God is not attained by enduring one or two troubles, but many!" --St. Anthony of Optina
"Life without Christ is not life. That's just the way it is... If you don't see Christ in everything you do, you are without Christ." --St. Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite
"It is impossible for those who have not first lived in obedience to obtain humility; for everyone who has learned an art on his own, fancies himself." --St. John of the Ladder
For healing: Fr. Daniel, Matushka Myra, Matushka Janet, Matushka Katherine, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Rita, Kelly, Travis, Tobias, Bailey, Dylan, Deborah, Mary, Scott, Leah, John, Charles, Aaron, Caroline, Ruth, Artemiy, Luke, Ezra, Michael, Alyssa, Hannah, Joyce, Alisa, Amy, Ilarion, Danielle
For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world
For God’s protection: all those in the military
For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care
For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless
*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***
Departed: Areri, Vasiliki, Theothodi, Nicolaos, Savvas, Theodi, Kiriakos, Haralambos, Savvas, Marios, Niki, George, Margaret, Maria, Julia, John
8/2: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 14:14-22 .
8/3: 1 Corinthians 11:31-12:6; Matthew 18:1-11
8/4: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Matthew 18:18-22; 19:1-2, 13-15
8/5: 1 Corinthians 13:4-14:19; Matthew 20:1-28
8/6: 2 Peter 1:10-19; Matthew 17:1-9
8/7: 1 Corinthians 14:26-40; Matthew 21:12-14, 17-20
8/8: Romans 14:6-9; Matthew 15:32-39
"My children, desire to purify your hearts from envy and from anger with each other, lest death should overcome you, and you will be counted among the murderers. For whosoever hates his brother, kills a soul." --St. Anthony the Great
"Prayer is food for the soul. Do not starve the soul, it is better to let the body go hungry." --St. Joseph of Optina
“How will it be with us in the future life, when everything that has gratified us in this world: riches, honors, food and drink, dress, beautifully furnished dwellings, and all attractive objects—how will it be, I say, when all these things leave us—when they will all seem to us a dream, and when works of faith and virtue, of abstinence, purity, meekness, humility, mercy, patience, obedience, and others will be required of us?” --St. John of Kronstadt
"Every day at nightfall, before sleep comes upon you, excite the judgment of your conscience, demand an account from it, and whatever evil counsels you may have taken during the day...pierce them, tear them to pieces, and do penance for them." --St. John Chrysostom
"Control your urges before they control you." --St. John Climacus
For healing: Fr. Brendan, Fr. Daniel, Fr. James, Fr. John, Fr. Juvenal, Fr. Konstantin, Fr. Moses, Fr. Deacon Adrian, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Protinica Lindsay, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Dale, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Matthew, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Heather, Matthew, Rosemary, Nicholas, Joanna, Richard, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Josh, David, Charles, Gary, Michael, Florentina, Leslie, Doug, Artemis, Stanley, Patrick, Georganne, Chryssoula, Vass, Helen, Susan, Charles, Maria
For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world
For God’s protection: all those in the military
For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care
For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless
*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***
Departed: Areri, Vasiliki, Theothodi, Nicolaos, Savvas, Theodi, Kiriakos, Haralambos, Savvas, Marios, Niki, George, Irene, Maria, Margaret
7/26: Romans 15:1-7; Matthew 9:27-35
7/27: 2 Timothy 2:1-10; John 15:17-16:2
7/28: 1 Corinthians 10:5-12; Matthew 16:6-12
7/29: 1 Corinthians 10:12-22; Matthew 16:20-24
7/30: 1 Corinthians 10:28-11:7; Matthew 16:24-28
7/31: 1 Corinthians 11:8-22; Matthew 17:10-18
8/1: 1 Corinthians 1:12-22; Matthew 23:29-39; John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35; Matthew 10:32-40
"Put evil to death so that you will not rise up dead and thus pass from a minor death to a major death." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"'The shadow of death' is human life. Therefore if a man is with God and God is with him, clearly he is able to say, 'Though I walk through the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.'" --St. Maximos the Confessor
"I have heard people say that there are no demons or devils...the Devil surely will not reveal himself to people who do not believe; for, should he do so, they might believe, and that would be against his own sly, diabolical policy, as he would have all in the dark, so terrible is his enmity against the Eternal Source of Light and Treasure of Goodness—God Almighty." --St. Sebastian Dabovich
"Eating and drinking don't make friendships--such friendship even robbers and murderers have. But if we are friends, if we truly care for one another, let us help one another spiritually... Let us hinder those things that lead our friends away to hell." --St. John Chrysostom
"He who accepts present afflictions in the expectation of future blessings has found knowledge of the truth; and he will easily be freed from anger and remorse." --St. Mark the Ascetic
For healing: Fr. Brendan, Fr. Daniel, Fr. James, Fr. John, Fr. Juvenal, Fr. Konstantin, Fr. Moses, Fr. Deacon Adrian, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Protinica Lindsay, Monk Gerasim, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Dale, Roger, Nancy, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, William, Metodije, Annabelle, Alice, Kathleen, Walter, Jay, Denise, Denise, Heather, Alexis, Robert, Gerald, Alexander, John, Karen, Pamela, Sabra, Robert, Eric, Michael, Melissa, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Rose Mary, Diane, Robert, Irene, Marianne, Timothy, Jon, Emily, Charles, Carlos, David, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Valentine, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Matthew, Alicia, Kathleen, Thomas, Carol, Mary Jo, Margaret, John, Eleanor, Heather, Matthew, Rosemary, Nicholas, Joanna, Richard, Jennifer, Clara, Joan, Ella, Sarah, Alex, Gordana, Paul, Donald, Audrey, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Barbara, Terry, Josh, David, Charles, Gary, Michael, Florentina, Leslie, Doug, Artemis, Stanley, Patrick, Georganne, Chryssoula, Vass, Helen, Susan
For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world
For God’s protection: all those in the military
For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care
For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless
*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***
Departed: Frances, Joanne, Areri, Vasiliki, Theothodi, Nicolaos, Savvas, Theodi, Kiriakos, Haralambos, Savvas, Marios, Niki, George, Irene, Maria
7/19: Romans 12:6-14; Matthew 9:1-8
7/20: James 5:10-20; Luke 4:22-30
7/21: 1 Corinthians 6:20-7:24; Matthew 14:1-13
7/22: 1 Corinthians 9:2-12; Luke 8:1-3
7/23: 1 Corinthians 7:24-35; Matthew 14:35-15:21
7/24: 1 Corinthians 7:35-8:7;Matthew 15:29-31
7/25: Galatians 4:22-27; Luke 8:16-21
"Just as the gardener who does not weed his garden chokes his vegetables, so the mind that does not purify its thoughts is wasting its efforts." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"If man remembered that it is written: 'By your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned,' (Matthew 12:37) he would choose to remain silent." --St. Poemen
"Reaping unwillingly the wickedness we deliberately sow, we should marvel at God's justice." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"If we always see God in our minds, and always remember Him, everything appears tolerable to us." --St. John Chrysostom
"If we have a strong relationship with God, this will distinguish our relationship with others. We will be able to be a source of peace, tranquility, and comfort to them." --St. Anthony the Great
"The demons very much fear six virtues: 1) hunger, 2) thirst, 3) the Prayer of Jesus, 4) the sign of the Cross, that is, he who makes the sign of the Cross correctly upon himself, 5) frequent Communion of the Most Pure Mysteries of Christ, if one worthily communes, and 6) undoubting hope in God. There is nothing more frightful than this weapon against the demons." --St. Paisius Velichkovsky