Welcome to Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Topeka, Kansas

 The ​20th Annual
Open House and Food Festival
​will be held on
Saturday, October 12th, ​​11am to 3pm
Pre-Orders Have Closed.
Pick them up at the church
​on the day of the Food Festival.

Thank You for your Support.

The History Of Christianity
From An Orthodox Christian Perspective

** Updated **

Videos from the weekly Wednesday evening study, "The History of Christianity from an Orthodox Christian Perspective", are availiable on the web site now.  Check them out here.  They are also available as a Playlist here on our Youtube page.
On Prayer
St. John of Kronstadt

When praying, keep to the rule that it is better to say five words from the depth of your heart than ten thousand words with your tongue only.

When you observe that your heart is cold and prays unwillingly, stop praying and warm your heart by vividly representing to yourself either your own wickedness, your spiritual poverty, misery, and blindness, or the great benefits which God bestows every moment upon you and all mankind, especially upon Christians, and then pray slowly and fervently.

If you have not time to say all the prayers, it does not matter, and you will receive incomparably greater benefit from praying fervently and not hurriedly than if you had said all your payers hurriedly and without feeling:  "I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." (1)

But it would, of course, have been very well had we been able to say those ten thousand words in prayer with due understanding and feeling.  The Lord does not forsake those who labor for Him and who stand long before Him; for with what measure they mete, He will measure to them again, and He will reward them for the abundance of the sincere words of their prayer by sending into their souls a corresponding abundance of spiritual light, warmth, peace, and joy.  It is well to pray long and continually; but "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given."(2)  it is better for those who are not capable of long prayers to say short prayers, but with a fervent spirit.
(1) 1 Corinthians 14:19;  (2) St. matthew 19:11,12

The Weekly Bulletin

Get a printable copy of the latest Weekly Bulletin.

We're Growing!!!

Check out the Building Plans underway ​for Apostles Hill

Donate to Saints Peter and Paul

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to
​Saints Peter and Paul.

Visit our YouTube Page

for Live Streaming and past Streamed Services, Homilies and Recommended Videos

Discover Orthodox Christianity

What is Orthodoxy and what does it teach?

Interested in  Visiting?

Here are answers to visitors ​most commonly asked questions