All Saints Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2023-08-27
Bulletin Contents
Weekly Calendar
Parish Announcements
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers

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All Saints Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (309) 682-5824
  • Fax:
  • (309) 682-5824
  • Street Address:

  • 1812 N Prospect Rd

  • Peoria, IL 61603

Contact Information

Parish Priest Fr. Theofanis Rauch


[email protected]

Services Schedule

SUNDAY MORNING:

8:50 AM - Matins/Orthros

10:00 AM - Divine Liturgy

Sunday School Following Holy Communion
Fellowship Hour after the conclusion of Divine Liturgy in the Hall  

Past Bulletins


Weekly Calendar

Sunday, August 27th

12th Sunday of Matthew –

Ss. Poimen the Great & Fanourios the Great Martyr

9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy

 

Weekly Calendar:

Sun, Aug. 27: Ss. Poimen the Great & Fanourios the Great Martyr (Fast Free)

            9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy

            All Saints Group Photo Immediately Following Divine Liturgy

 

Mon, Aug. 28: St. Moses the Ethiopian (Fast Free)

 

Tues, Aug. 29: Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Strict Fast)

            9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy

 

Wed, Aug. 30: Ss. Alexander, John, and Paul the New (Strict Fast)

 

Thurs, Aug. 31: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos (Fast Free)

 

Fri, Sep. 1: Ecclesiastical New Year & St. Symeon the Stylite (Strict Fast)

            9:00am Matins 10:0am Divine Liturgy

 

Sat, Sep. 2: St. Mammas the Martyr (Fast Free)

          

Sun, Sep. 3: 13th Sunday of Matthew – St. Anthimos (Fast Free)

9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy

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Parish Announcements

Dick Simms Memorial Golf Outing
A special thanks to Phil Harris, Marianne Harris, Pete Lagouros, Evan Lagouros, Nick Chiames, Marshall Canfield, Paula Nellas, Elia Canfield, Emily Simms, Lisa Gerontes, Michael Bowe, Greg Gerontes, Audrey Reed, Athanasios Davis, and everyone who volunteered to make our Dick Simms Memorial Golf Outing a beauitful event!

 

All Saints Group Photograph

Sunday, August 27th (Immediately After Divine Liturgy)

We would like to take a group photograph of our parish community for our website and Facebook immediately following Divine Liturgy. We will take the photo on the solea, and weather permitting, we can take a photograph outside if we cannot all fit in the church.

 

Helping Hands – Week of Sept. 19th

Helping Hands (Peoria Heights) is once again helping our parish by donating their net profits from the week of Sept. 19th to the church. This money will be used to help purchase new altar robes. Please help this cause by donating any used clothing, household goods, toys, etc., and let them know you are from All Saints!

 

The Way (Orthodox Catechism) – Wednesdays @ 6pm

The Way is our Orthodox Catechism Class which will meet in a hybrid setting (In-Person/Zoom) on Wednesdays @6pm beginning on Wednesday, September 6th. For information on how to join, view our Church calendar, or contact Fr. Theofanis.

 

Bible Study – Thursdays @ 7pm – Thursdays @ 7pm

Our Bible Study will take place via Zoom on Thursdays @ 7pm, beginning on Thursday, September, 14th.  For information on how to join, view our Church calendar, or contact Fr. Theofanis.

 

Sunday School

Sunday School will begin on Sunday, September 10th. For any questions, please reach out to Trisha Holton ([email protected])

 

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Saints and Feasts

August 27

12th Sunday of Matthew

August 27

Phanourios the Great Martyr & Newly Appeared of Rhodes

Little is known of the holy Martyr Phanurius, except that which is depicted concerning his martyrdom on his holy icon, which was discovered in the year 1500 among the ruins of an ancient church on Rhodes, when the Moslems ruled there. Thus he is called "the Newly Revealed." The faithful pray to Saint Phanurius especially to help them recover things that have been lost, and because he has answered their prayers so often, the custom has arisen of baking a Phaneropita ("Phanurius-Cake") as a thanks-offering.

August 27

Poimen the Great

Saint Pimen was from Egypt and shone forth in the ascetical life in Scete in the fourth century; he was renowned for his discretion. Many of his sayings and deeds are preserved in the Paradise of the Fathers and the Sayings of the Fathers.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

12th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11

Brethren, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast -- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

Gospel Reading

12th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 19:16-26

At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you call me good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "Which?" And Jesus said, "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The young man said to him, "All these I have observed; what do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

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Wisdom of the Fathers

The sign that thou lovest God, is this, that thou lovest thy fellow; and if thou hatest thy fellow, thy hatred is towards God. For it is blasphemy if thou prayest before God while thou art wroth. For thy heart also convicts thee, that in vain thou multipliest words: thy conscience rightly judges that in thy prayers thou profitest nought.
St. Ephraim the Syrian
ON ADMONITION AND REPENTANCE.

'But I say to you,' the Lord says, 'love your enemies; do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you.' Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one you loves all equally in imitation of God.
St. Maximos the Confessor
Unknown, 7th century

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