Charities
"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. (Matthew 6:1-4)
July 15 to July 21
Ezra 6-7
Ezra 8-9
Ezra 10
Ne 1-2
Ne 3-4
Ne 5-6
Ne 7-8
The above is Revised Standard Version.
Bible Reading Plan for 2004
CHARITIES
It is important to continue the good works we started in Great Lent. The following list of charities are a portion of those to whom we donate from St. John's on a regular basis. You can find out more about them by visiting their web sites. Links to some of these charities are in the left margin.
Orthodox Christian Mission Center
OCA Mission Appeal
OCA Charity Appeal
Orthodox Christian Fellowship
Project Mexico
International Orthodox Christian Charities
NJ Right to Life
St. Peter's Haven in Clifton
Ac 19:21-41
Ac 20:1-16
Ac 20:17-38
Ac 21:1-26
Ac 21:27-22:5
Ac 22:6-29
Ac 22:30-23:22
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Icon with Christ
A halo or nimbus is the circle of light around the head of Christ, a prophet, saint, or angel. Christ alone, as is shown here, is given a "cruciform nimbus," a halo containing a cross.
This icon is attributed to a mid-thirteenth-century Coptic painter. A few Coptic icons survive from the Early Middle Ages and many more from the early modern period. Icons from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries are rare and Byzantine in style. This icon was not intended for public display and was probably commissioned for a private patron. It is now housed at the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt.
