With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and our ruling Hierarch, Bishop Peter of Cleveland, the Kursk Icon will visit St. Vladimir Church on the following dates and times:

Friday, April 8: 8:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 9: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (perhaps over night - see below)
Sunday, April 10: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Note that these dates and times correspond to Divine Services at St. Vladimir's. It would be ideal to organize the icon to stay at St. Vladimir's overnight from April 9 to April 10. We have managed that the last few times the icon has visited and we will try to do that again this time. According to the established rule, two men must be present at all times with the icon. In past years there have been many more people than that who took part in the reading of the akathist and the singing of hymns before the icon overnight of course, but we cannot assume that will just work out. Thus, we have established a sign up sheet for the hours the icon would need to be at St. Vladimir's overnight. You can find that sheet at this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QDwgcgB597qtmbKxmvZOnqQkSnj2RDunAsYjDEZ1jek/edit?usp=sharing

Please sign up as soon as possible. Please contact Fr. Gregory with questions.