Ss Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Ben Lomond, California
Welcome to Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church!
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Thank you for visiting our website!
 
We are an English-speaking Orthodox parish.  We welcome visitors and would love to have you come visit us in person.  
 
Come and stay after our Sunday services for Coffee Hour. Please let us know how we can help you to enjoy our parish and the wonderful Orthodox services we offer.
 
The mission of Saints Peter & Paul as a parish is to preserve the tradition of the Orthodox Church; practice a full liturgical life; proclaim the Gospel of our Lord, God, & Savior Jesus Christ in order to glorify God in the parish and wider community.

Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North  America and is part of the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch.   Saints Peter and Paul is currently overseen by His Eminence, Metropolitan Saba, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America.

Today's Scripture Readings
ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 4:9-16
Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
MATTHEW 17:14-23
At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place, ' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day."
Weekly Services

Be sure to check the calendar link above for all services., specifically for Holy Week schedule

Sunday

8:20 am Orthros
9:30 am Divine Liturgy
Tuesday
7:00 am Readers Orthros
Wednesday
6:00 pm Vespers or Paraklesis
Saturday
6:00 pm Great Vespers w/Compline

for mid-week liturgies, see calendar

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After-feast of the Transfiguration of Christ  (August 9)

Commemorations
10th Sunday of Matthew, The Holy Apostle Matthias , Constantine, Patriarch of Constantinople, Euthymios the Hieromartyr, Metropolitan of Rhodes, Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria, Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint of America
Today's Thought

“It is better to be a simpleton and approach God with love than to be a learned man and at the same time an enemy of God.” - St. Irenaeus of Lyons

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Announcements

Be sure to check the Sunday Bulletin (above) or the monthly calendar for more details 

Feast of Dormition: Saturday August 15,  8:20am Orthros and 9:30am Divine Liturgy. Festal meal to follow. Please bring salad or dessert to share.

August 16: screening of the new movie "American Orthodox"

Parish Council Nominations are needed. Please read the Bulletin for details

Attention all parents of pre-school age children age 4-6yrs.  St. Lawrence Academy is starting a pilot Academy Juniors Program. See info here

Summer BBQs will continue through to the end of  August.  Saturdays after Vespers. Bring something to grill and a dish to share

 

Fundraiser Dinner for Lebanon Relief - Saturday August 22nd

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Orthodox Resources

 

Outreach Ministries
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"I was in prison and you visited me" (Matthew 25:36)
Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry

 

Reverend Father Christopher Dillon, Pastor
Reverend Father George Washburn
Reverend Father John Christianson
Ss Peter & Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church

P.O. Box 458       
(9980 Highway 9)
Ben Lomond, CA 95005


Office Phone: (831) 336-2228
Office Email:  ChurchOffice@ssppaoc.org

Fr. Christopher Email:  pastorssppaoc@gmail.com

Send mail with questions or comments about this web site to:   webmaster@sspeterandpaulorthodox.com