St. Matthew Orthodox Christian Church
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Torrance, CA

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St. Matthew Books & Icons
Serving the Orthodox community since 1983

 

St. Matthew Books & Icons is a ministry of St. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church. It helps support the parish financially, and provides a convenient location for visitors and parishioners to purchase spiritual materials and gift items for their family or friends. The bookstore also serves as a perfect shopping place for baptisms and weddings, and as a resource providing books and information for those who are not, as yet, a part of the Orthodox faith.

In addition to being onsite at St. Matthew, the bookstore travels to numerous festivals and Orthodox sponsored events inside and outside our own Archdiocese.

We carry a wide variety of orthodox items for your home or your gift giving, including:

                 Books:  Bibles, Church Fathers, Reference, and Children’s

                 Icons:  Christ, Theotokos, Saints, and Angels

                 Jewelry:  Crosses, Necklaces, Bracelets, Rings, and Chains

                 Tapestries, Prayer Ropes, Olivewood Crosses, Incense, Key Chains, Visor Clips, Cards, and much more.      

 

Onsite Hours:

                  Before and after Vespers – 5:00pm Saturday

                  After Liturgy – 10:00am Sunday

                  By appointment – contact bookstore manager Laura Reid at (424) 731-0473, or dlreid6@yahoo.com

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Today's Commemorations
Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous, Holy New Martyr Peter the Aleut, John (or Joachim), Bishop of Zichni
Today's Scripture Readings
ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS 5:8-19
Brethren, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.
JOHN 10:9-16
The Lord said, "I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
Today's Thought

"There is one God Who created man from dust. He has ordered all things, both visible and invisible, by His Word and His Spirit. The Word is the Son of God, Who came down upon the earth on account of our sins. He was born of a Virgin, He lived among men, and suffered and died for our salvation, and then He arose from the dead, and He has resurrected the human race with Him. We believe that He is One in Essence with the Father, and equal to Him in authority and honor. We believe this without any sly rationalizations, for it is impossible to grasp this mystery by human reason." – St. Spiridon