St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Las Vegas, NV
Orthros and Divine Liturgy for the 13th Sunday of Matthew
Sun, Sep 06
|St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chur
The Gospel Reading from Matthew Chapter 21:33-42 contains Jesus' telling of the Parable of the Wicked Tenants. Today is also the commemoration of the Miracle of the Holy Archangel Michael at Chonae involving the salvation of a Church named after him from Pagans seeking to destroy it.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2020, 8:45 AM
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chur, 5300 El Camino Road, Las Vegas, NV, USA
About The Event
The feast today in honour of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. The pagans, moved by malice, sought to destroy the aforesaid church and holy spring by turning the course of two rivers against them. But the Archangel appeared and, by means of the Cross and a great earthquake that shook the entire area, diverted the waters into an underground course. Henceforth, the name of that place changed from Colossae to Chonae, which means "funnels" in Greek.