A. Please Read and Share: Archbishop Peter’s Nativity Epistle
B. Please Watch and Share: Fr. Josiah Trenham on Church Schools and the Future of Orthodoxy
C. Please Read and Share: Interview with Fr. Gregory in the Sun Times
D. Please Watch and Share: Video from Fr. Gregory Regarding our Ann Arbor Orthodox Classical Academy
E. Please Read and Share: How we can Best Support our Parish School on Blogtushka
F. Join us! This is a Parish Family Issue! We are ALL called to hearken until Archbishop Peter’s instructions and ACT! Fr. Gregory’s video and the piece on Blogtushka give us the details of how we do this at STV. Join the winning team – invest in our school to invest in our parish to invest in the spread of Orthodox Christianity in Michigan to invest in the spread of Orthodox Christianity in America. It starts with us! It can be as small as http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/A2OCAf ... ]SHARING THIS FLYER[/url]. Let us labor in the Lord’s Vineyard!

We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults on the upcoming Sunday's principle Gospel reading so that all can better prepare for the Divine Services. Parents are asked to review the children’s portion with their children. It is very important for us to attend the Divine Services on Sundays and whenever else we are able, but in addition it is our spiritual responsibility to educate ourselves and our families in the faith. It is our hope that this mid-week offering will be an aid in this regard. Please contact Fr. Gregory with questions or suggestions.

For Various Ages: from the Antiochian Archdiocese

Christ is Risen!

This morning’s Divine Liturgy is canceled due to illness. We ask forgiveness of all for any inconvenience. Please spread the word to anyone you know, or even suspect, was planning to attend.

Fr. Gregory

The next Young Family Group dinner is set for Thursday, May 16. All are welcome! Parenting towards the Kingdom as a parish family - join us!

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What Christ has brought about by His Incarnation, we experience sacramentally in the Divine Liturgy: He who is and who was reveals to us Him who is to come (cf. Rev. 4:8), since the Liturgy provides the possibility for all rational creatures to experience ‘the ineffable mystery of eternal well-being’ together with Christ.

“The Divine Liturgy – A Commentary in the Light of the Fathers” by Hieromonk Gregorios
Quotations from St. Maximus the Confessor

"This is the cause of all evils: the ignorance of the Scriptures. We go into battle without arms, and how ought we to come off safe?" -St. John Chrysostom, Homily IX on Colossians.

In order to help increase the general knowledge of scripture in our parish family we present here for your edification the scripture readings for the coming week. At least one Gospel Reading and one Epistle reading are assigned for each day of the year (although during Great Lent the readings are from the Old Testament). Hearing or reading only those readings appointed for Sunday merely scratches the surface of the great spiritual wealth that the scriptures provide us. Some of the readings are easily understandable – others are less so. As Orthodox Christians we do not make private interpretation of scripture, but rather consult the fathers of the Church for their explanations to aid us in our understanding. Those wishing to have access to such explanations are asked to contact Fr. Gregory or inquire in the kiosk for further reading in this regard. Bibles may also be acquired in the kiosk.

Monday: Acts 3:19-26 & John 2:1-11
Tuesday: Acts 4:1-10 & John 3:16-21
Wednesday: Acts 4:13-22 & John 5:17-24
Thursday: Acts 4:23-31 & John 5:24-30
Friday: Acts 5:1-11 & John 5:30-6:2
Saturday: Acts 5:21-33 & John 6:14-27

Понедельник: Деян. 3:19-26 и от Иоанна John 2:1-11
Вторник: Деян. 4:1-10 и от Иоанна 3:16-21
Среда: Деян. 4:13-22 и от Иоанна 5:17-24
Четверг: Деян. 4:23-31 и от Иоанна 5:24-30
Пятница: Деян. 5:1-11 и от Иоанна 5:30-6:2
Суббота: Деян. 5:21-33 и от Иоанна 6:14-27

Please find below several very nice articles on how to read the scripture from an Orthodox point of view.

By St. Justin (Popovich)

By Bishop Kalistos (Ware)