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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.

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A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.

Prayer List for the Week of June 19, 2022

Gerald Largent

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, George, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, James, John, Joyce, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Pat, Eleni, Christina

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Ellen, Justin, Michele, Terri

Readings for the Week of June 19, 2022

Gerald Largent

6/19: Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30

6/20: Romans 2:28-3:18; Matthew 6:21-24; 7:9-11

6/21: Romans 4:4-12; Matthew 7:15-21

6/22: Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 7:21-23

6/23: Romans 5:10-6:2; Matthew 8:23-27; 9:14-17

6/24: Romans 13:11-14:4; Luke 1:5-25, 57-68, 76, 80

6/25: Romans 3:19-26; Matthew 7:1-8

Words from the Saints – June 16, 2022

Gerald Largent

"Having sinned secretly, do not try to hide (from God). For 'all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we have to give an account'" (Hebrews 4:13). --St. Mark the Ascetic

"Let us therefore weep, O brethren, that we might not be tortured there eternally. Let us have mercy, that we be shown mercy, that we be forgiven." --St. John Chrysostom

"Our actions disclose what goes on within us, just as its fruit makes known a tree otherwise unknown to us." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"We actively manifest love in forbearance and patience towards our neighbor, in genuinely desiring his good, and in the right use of material things." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"Who is as strong as a lion? And yet, because of his greed he falls into the net, and all his strength is brought low." --St. John the Dwarf

"The good Christian must take account of himself morning and evening and say: 'What, from all that God desires, did I do, and what did I neglect to do?' Only in this manner will one succeed in conducting himself in accordance with the will of God." --Abba Nistheros

"Obedience responds to obedience. When someone obeys God, God obeys his request." --Abba Mius of Belos

Prayer List for the Week of June 12, 2022

Gerald Largent

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, George, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, James, John, Joyce, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Pat, Eleni

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Ellen, Justin, Michele

Readings for the Week of June 12, 2022

Gerald Largent

6/12: Acts 2:1-11; John 7:37-52; 8:12

6/13: Ephesians 5:9-19; Matthew 18:10-20

6/14: Romans 1:1-7, 13-17; Matthew 4:25-5:13

6/15: Romans 1:18-27; Matthew 5:20-26

6/16: Romans 1:28-2:9; Matthew 5:27-32

6/17: Romans 2:14-29; Matthew 5:33-41

6/18: Romans 1:7-12; Matthew 5:42-48

Words from the Saints -- June 9, 2022

Gerald Largent

"God had One Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." --St. Augustine of Hippo

"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger." --St. Basil the Great

"Let us dedicate the spirit to the Father, the soul to the Son and the body to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit which will raise it again from dust." --St. Ephraim the Syrian

"By Christ's Passion our weakness was cured. By His Resurrection death was conquered. Still we have to be sorrowful for the world, as well as joyful in the Lord, sorrowful in penance, joyful in gratitude." --St. Ambrose of Milan

"Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated with the spirit of penitence will never be able to tell lies." --St. John Climacus

"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

Prayer List for the Week of June 5, 2022

Gerald Largent

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, John, Joyce, Nicole, Rene, Jennifer, Pat

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Ellen, Justin, Michele

Readings for the Week of June 5, 2022

Gerald Largent

6/5: Acts 20:16-18, 28-36; John 17:1-13

6/6: Acts 21:8-14; John 14:27-15:7

6/7: Acts 21:26-32; John 16:2-13

6/8: Acts 23:1-11; John 16:15-23

6/9: Acts 25:13-19; John 16:23-33

6/10: Acts 27:1-44; John 17:18-26

6/11: Acts 28:1-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; John 5:24-30; 21:15-25

Typica Service on June 3, 2022: The Holy Martyrs Lucillian and those with him: Claudios, Hypatios, Paul, Dionysios and Paula

Gerald Largent

Christ is Ascended! Truly He is Ascended!

Today is June 3, 2022. It is the Second Day of Ascension. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Martyrs Lucillian and those with him: Claudios, Hypatios, Paul, Dionysios and Paula.

The prescribed readings are Acts 19:1-8 and John 14:1-11.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, June 6, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints – June 2, 2022

Gerald Largent

"Yet if from the start we had wanted to keep the commandments and to remain as we were when baptized, we would not have fallen into so many sins or have needed the trials and tribulations of repentance." --St. Peter of Damascus

"The mouth which is continuously giving thanks, receives blessing from God. In the heart that always shows gratitude, grace abides." --St. Isaac the Syrian

"If the serpent, the devil, bites someone secretly, he infects that person with the venom of sin. And if the one who has been bitten keeps silence and does not do penance, and does not want to confess his wound... then his brother and his master, who have the word [of absolution] that will cure him, cannot very well assist him." --St. Jerome

"At first a simple thought about evil makes it into the mind, and if it is kept in the mind, then a passionate motion arises from it, and if you do not extirpate the passion, then it inclines the mind to agreement, and when this happens, it leads the mind to the commission of a sinful deed. Guard your thoughts, for if you do not sin in thought, you will never sin in deed." --St. Maximos the Confessor

"Every day you provide your bodies with good to keep them from failing. In the same way your good works should be the daily nourishment of your hearts. Your bodies are fed with food and your spirits with good works. You aren't to deny your soul, which is going to live forever, what you grant to your body, which is going to die." --St. Gregory the Great

"A saint-like soul helps its neighbor and when ill-treated by him is patient, enduring what it suffers at his hands." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

Prayer List for the Week of May 29, 2022

Gerald Largent

For healing: Metropolitan Antony, Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Ross, Justin, Steven, Marian, Roger, Claire, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Joan, Nicholas, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Christopher, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, Artemis, Natalie, Julia, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, Lillian, John, Joyce, Nicole, Rene, Jennifer, Pat

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: Rita, Luke and their unborn child

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: Archbishop Paul, Rose Mary, Ellen, Justin