Canadian Coptic Orthodox Church of the Resurrection The COR Weekly Sunday, June 18, 2017 "The power of the Lord was present to heal them." Luke 5:17 Happy "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find..." Matthew 7:7 Father's Day Let us focus on the power of God, which is present in our life to spiritually heal us. Let us be steadfast to ask and not lukewarm to receive. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ N E W T O T H E C O M M U N I T Y ? __________________________________________________________ Thank you for coming in today - we are so happy to have you! 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B U I L D C C O C . C A S a i n t o f t h e W e e k : N e w s & E v e n t s On the 16th day of the blessed month of Paone (Friday June 23, 2017), the Holy Liturgy ascetic father, Abba Nofer the Anchorite, departed in the desert of Upper Friday June 23, 2017 from 5:30am- 7:30am Egypt. The grace of God had moved St. Paphnoute (Paphnutius), and he Feast of Abba Onuphrius (Nofer) the Anchorite (Patron Saint of COR) longed to see the servants of God, the Anchorites. He saw many of them, among them St. Abba Nofer, and wrote their biographies. Homeless Sandwich Run He said that once he went into the desert and found a well of water and a Sunday June 25, 2017 from 2pm - 4pm palm tree. Then he saw the saint coming to him, naked, and the hair of his God willing, the community service team at COR will be going to head and beard covered his body. When St. Paphnutius saw him, he was downtown Toronto to pass out sandwiches and snacks to the homeless. afraid and thought that he was a spirit. Saint Abba Nofer encouraged him, We will meet at Nathan Philips Square and divide up into teams made the sign of the cross, and prayed the Lord's prayer, then said to him, 100 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 "Welcome O Paphnoute." When he called him by his name, St. Paphnutius We hope to see you all there! calmed down. They prayed together, then sat, and talked about the Please RSVP by texting Carla at 647-772-8467 greatness and goodness of God. Wishing everyone a blessed Fast of the Apostles St. Paphnutius asked Abba Nofer to tell him about his life and how he came (June 5-July 12, 2017) to that place. Abba Nofer replied, "I was in a monastery wherein lived holy This is one of the oldest fasts in the church. According to the Tradition of and righteous monks. I heard them talking about the greatness of those the Church, our Fathers the Apostles fasted to thank the Lord for the gifts anchorites who dwelled in the desert and their good virtues. I said to them, of the Holy Spirit that they received, and it served them to prepare for 'Are there any who are better than you?' They said to me, 'Yes, those the service of spreading the Good News to the whole world. Let us also anchorites who dwell in the wilderness. We live near the world, if we are fast asking the Lord to equip us all to serve Him and to witness for Him in sorrowful or sad, we find someone to console us; if we are sick, we find our own “world". someone to visit and treat us; if we are naked, we find someone to clothe us. Those who live in the wilderness lack all these things.' When I heard that W e e k l y S c h e d u l e from them, my heart became anxious. "When the night came, I took a little bread and I went out from the monastery. Then I prayed to the Lord Christ SATURDAY + Vespers and asked Him to guide me to the place where I was to live. The Lord 7:00pm - 7:30pm facilitated my way and I found a holy and righteous man. I dwelt with him, + Hymn Class (all ages) 7:30pm - 8:30pm + QUEST Series: Defending the Faith by and he taught me all about the life and the ways of the hermits and the Arsani Barsoum (all ages) anchorites. After I came to this place, I found a palm tree, and a well. The 8:30pm -10:00pm + Midnight Praises tree bore twelve clusters of dates each year. One cluster of dates is enough + Confession Hour food for me for a month, and I drink water from this well. I have lived here SUNDAY for sixty years during which I have never seen the face of a man except 8:30am + Matins yours." While they were talking together the angel of the Lord came down, and told 9:00am - 11:00am + Liturgy St. Abba Nofer that his departure was near. Straightway, his color changed 11:00am - 11:45am + Brunch and became like fire, then he bowed his knees and worshipped God. After 12:00pm - 1:00pm + Sunday School Service he embraced St. Paphnutius, he delivered up his pure soul. St. Paphnutius + The House Bible Study wrapped him, and buried him in his cave. .