Due to the confluence of the funeral of Priest Daniel Shirak and the impending ice storm, the Midnight Office scheduled for Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. has been canceled. Fr. Daniel must be vested in his priestly vestments before the funeral, and with the ice storm approaching, this must be done on Wednesday morning. Please spread the word to those whom you know, or even suspect, were planning to attend the service on Wednesday morning. We ask the forgiveness of all for any inconvenience.

With Archbishop Peter’s blessing our St. Vladimir parish is sponsoring a one-day marriage retreat on Saturday, February 12/25, 2023 with the topic: “Effectively Communicating with and Praying for your Spouse”.

All couples, including those considering marriage, are urged to participate!
This is about care and maintenance of the Church’s core social foundational entity. If our marriages are strong our families will be strong! And if our families are strong our parish will be strong! And if our parishes are strong the Church will be strong! Do your part to make the Church strong by registering today for our parish marriage retreat:

REGISTER - MARRIAGE RETREAT 2023
The retreat will be led by our own Addie Lanterman, along with her professional colleague Amanda Vergin. DO NOT MISS!

Please join us for this really fun annual event!

Young Adults meet at Fr. Gregory's for the last pizza before Pascha at 6:00 p.m. - SIGN UP HERE

FIVE LINES FOR EVERY ST. VLADIMIRIAN TO READ FOR THIS WEEK!

Thank you to all who made our parish annual meeting on Sunday, February 19 such a wonderful celebration of our parish family! We were able to ask questions and answers of those holding positions of leadership in our parish, we elected new leaders for the coming year, and we thanked those who have served our parish family in the past year. All submitted reports can be found here (you can also ask a question at this link or share your thoughts about how we might do things better at STV):

ANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS
You can find a list of those elected to serve the parish in the coming year at this link:
PARISH COUNCIL PAGE
Thank you to all those elected to serve our parish family in the coming year, and to those who did so in the past year!

Just as man was first fashioned and then breathed into, thus praxis must precede theoria. Everything done by the body is called “praxis”, whereas everything done by the mind is called “theoria”. It is impossible to reach thoria without praxis. So struggle now in everything that praxis requires, and the more spiritual things will come by themselves.

Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Venerable Joseph the Hesychast

"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: III John 1:1-15 & Luke 19:29-40,22:7-39
Tuesday: Jude 1:1-10 & Luke 22:39-42,22:45-23:1
Wednesday: Joel 2:12-26 & Joel 3:12-21
Thursday: Jude 1:11-25 & Luke 23:1-34,44-56
Friday: Zechariah 8:7-17 & Zechariah 8:19-23
Saturday: Romans 14:19-26 & Matthew 6:1-13

Понедельник: III Иоан. 1:1-15 и от Луки 19:29-40,22:7-39
Вторник: Иуда 1:1-10 и от Луки 22:39-42,22:45-23:1
Среда: Иоиля 2:12-26 и Иоиля 3:12-21
Четверг: Иуда 4:20-5:21 и от Луки 23:1-34,44-56
Пятница: Захарии 8:7-17 и Захарии 8:19-23
Суббота: Рим. 14:19-26 и от Матфея 6:1-13

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)

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Divine Liturgy beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the following link:

ST. VLADIMIR AUDIO LIVE STREAM
Please remember - the stream only broadcasts live services. If you would like to listen to previously recorded and edited services please visit our sound blog:

SOUND OF THE PARISH BLOG

Our parish Sunday publications are available now at the link below. Find our Prayer List, "Good News", and "Sunday Reading", plus other parish publications!
PARISH PUBLICATIONS

Confession and Communion are the two sacraments we most often partake of as Orthodox Christians and thus it behooves us to learn about these, how to prepare for these, and how to best take advantage of the Grace that our Lord freely gives us in these sacraments. At St. Vladimir’s we have created a special web site for this purpose with much information in this regard. Please find the web site listed below and please contact Fr. Gregory with questions!

CONFESSION AND COMMUNION AT ST. VLADIMIR'S
PRAYERS BEFORE COMMUNION - PARISH PRAYER KIT