St. Peter and St. Paul Orthodox Church

Dear Church Family,
As we prepare for our upcoming church tag sale on Saturday, July 18th (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM), we are looking forward to a wonderful day of community and fellowship. If you are able to help us out, there is a volunteer sign-up sheet located right by the candle stand.
For those who have items they would like to donate, you are welcome to speak with Father anytime throughout the week to arrange dropping them off. Bringing items in early helps us immensely with organizing and pricing everything ahead of time.
Thank you all for your continuous generosity and support!
J.T.

Dear brothers and sisters,
Despite the cool weather, Liturgy will take place this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in Brookfield, MA.
Everyone is invited to participate 🌹

Dear brothers and sisters,
This coming Sunday is the eve of our patronal feast day—the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul.
Please come! 🌹

After the Liturgy, there will be a shared meal (a fish potluck).

(There will also be a Liturgy on Monday at 9:30 AM, though that is a workday.)

We look forward to seeing everyone!

Metropolitan Tikhon Writes to Metropolitan Onufriy Following Attack on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA]

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy
Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine
Ukraine
вулиця Лаврська, 15
Київ, 01015 UKRAINE

Your Beatitude, dear brother and concelebrant in the Lord’s Mysteries,

Christ is in our midst!

It is with profound sorrow that I learned of the recent attack on the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the danger and suffering inflicted upon this sacred monastery, which is sacred to all Orthodox Christians throughout the world.

On behalf of the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, I extend to Your Beatitude, to the flock entrusted to your pastoral care, and to all the people of Ukraine, our heartfelt prayers and fraternal support. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is one of the great spiritual treasures of the Orthodox world, sanctified by the prayers and witness of countless saints. Any act of violence directed against such a holy place is a cause of grief and indignation for Orthodox Christians everywhere.

Since the outbreak of this devastating war, the Orthodox Church in America has consistently prayed and labored for peace, condemning violence, bloodshed, and the suffering inflicted upon innocent people. We condemn the continued military attacks of the Russian Federation upon the sovereign territory of Ukraine, which have brought immeasurable suffering to countless innocent people and have now further endangered and damaged the sacred Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra itself. We pray that these hostilities may cease without delay and that a just and lasting peace may soon be restored.

Your Beatitude, we know the great weight you carry in shepherding your beloved flock through this time of pain, beset by sorrows on every side. Be assured that you are not forgotten in our prayers. May the saints whose relics rest in the Caves of Kyiv intercede for your suffering people, and may the God of all consolation grant peace speedily to His afflicted servants, “for the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the holy churches of God, and for the union of all.”

With fraternal love in Christ,

+TIKHON
Archbishop of Washington
Metropolitan of All America and Canada