CATECHESIS & DAILY INSPIRATION |
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The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke |
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Reflections and Daily Inspiration |
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“If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong, you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch the sickness you are seeking to cure and you may find that the words of the Gospel now apply to you, ‘Why do you look at the speck of dust in your brother’s eye, and not notice the rafter in your own eye?'”
— St. John Cassian
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Christian Life as a Work of Art
Rev Deacon David-John Williams
Tonight's guest speaker is Fr. Dcn. David-John Williams, a postgraduate researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London in the departments of History and Geography. His research explores shared sacred spaces, saints and sacred objects in the Byzantine Mediterranean. He is an assistant professor of History and the Chair of the Integrated interdisciplinary Core at the University of Saint Katherine, an Orthodox Liberal Arts institution in California. Since September of 2020 he is a research affiliate at the Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge. He has been a member of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America since 2010, serving as a reader, Sunday school teacher, parish board president, and since 2014 as a Deacon. He currently serves as parish deacon of the Church of Sveta Petka in San Marcos, California
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Romanians will have a new church near Padua. PS Athanasius laid the foundation stone
Romanians in northern Italy will have a new church near the city of Padua. The Most Holy Father Atanasie de Bogdania officiated on Saturday the service of laying the foundation stone.
The church is built in Limena (Northern Padua) and will be dedicated to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke.
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“GO Youth,” renewed effort to meet needs of today’s young people
A positive step towards the creation of a better organized and more robust body took place on Saturday, October 17, 2020, when actors from various Youth Ministries of NSW met at a first State Youth Meeting, led by Bishop Aimilianos of Meloa. The Youth Ministries have traditionally held separate gatherings, each working independently to meet the spiritual needs of young people in their area.
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SAINT OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 31 / OCTOBER 18
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The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke
Luke was born in Antioch. In his youth, he excelled in his studies of Greek philosophy, medicine and art. During the ministry of the Lord Jesus on earth, Luke came to Jerusalem, where he saw the Savior face to face, heard His saving teaching and was witness to His miraculous works. Coming to belief in the Lord, St. Luke was numbered among the Seventy Apostles, and was sent out to preach. With Cleopas, he saw the resurrected Lord on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24). After the descent of the Holy Spirit, Luke returned to Antioch and there became a fellow worker of the Apostle Paul and traveled to Rome with him, converting Jews and pagans to the Christian Faith. Luke, the beloved physician, … greets you, writes the Apostle Paul to the Colossians. (Colossians 4:14). At the request of Christians, he wrote his Gospel in about the year 60. Following the martyrdom of the great Apostle Paul, St. Luke preached the Gospel throughout Italy, Dalmatia, Macedonia and other regions. He painted icons of the Most-holy Theotokos—not just one, but three—and icons of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Hence, St. Luke is considered to be the founder of Christian iconography. In old age, he visited Libya and Upper Egypt. From Egypt he returned to Greece, where he continued to preach and convert many with great zeal despite his old age. In addition to his Gospel, St. Luke wrote the Acts and dedicated both works to Theophilus, the governor of Achaia. Luke was eighty-four years old when the wicked idolaters tortured him for the sake of Christ and hanged him from an olive tree in the town of Thebes, in Boethia. The miracle- working relics of this wonderful saint were transported to Constantinople in the reign of Emperor Constantius, the son of Constantine.
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