The Church year begins on September 1/14 each year. Quickly following the beginning of the year is the feast of the Nativity of the Mother God, just one week from today.

Today also marks the first day of classes in our Ann Arbor Orthodox Classical Academy. Following Liturgy today we will serve a moleben before the beginning of the instruction of children. Liturgy begins at 9:00 a.m. We congratulate all the instructors and students with the beginning of the school year, and all St. Vladimirians with the beginning of the Church Year!