ChurchScripture readings
- Epistle: The Reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16
- Gospel: The Reading is from John 1:35-52
Saints Commemorated Today
- The Holy Apostle St Andrew, the First-Called
- St Tudwal, Bishop of Wales & Brittany
- St Frumentius Archbishop of Abyssinia
The living we are praying for
- Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
- Olga (Soroka)
- Luba
- Kathleen
- June
- The Archpriest Ilyan
- Amelia
The Departed we Commemorated today
- Oksana
- Nikolai
- Grigory
- Yevdokia
- Eugenia
- Sergei
- Maria
- Stephan
- Irina
Orthodox Study Bibles and Liturgical Calendars
Reminder if you wish to purchase an Orthodox study bible see Fr Ilyan - these cost $55 each plus postage.Fr Ilyan also has the Archdiocesan Liturgical Calendar for 2009 available. This is a wonderful wall calendar suitable for the faithful, to remind us of feast days and fast days throughout the year. These cost $15 each and are available from Fr Ilyan.
The Holy Apostle Andrew
Today we remember St Andrew, the first called.St Andrew was the brother of St Peter and a fisherman by trade.
After Pentecost he planted Churches in Greece, Georgia and the Russian lands.
In Particular he appointed St Stachys as the first Bishop of Byzantium.
He also planted a cross in Kiev prophesying that a city of Churches would grow there and a Christian future for the region.
St Andrew was martyred in 62 AD in the city of Patras a city of the Peloponnese.