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

Please note that we have canceled services this Friday and Saturday. Also, we have added a Presanctified Liturgy on Monday, March 12/25 for St. Gregory the Diologist, the author of the Presanctified Liturgy. It seemed odd to us to serve for Sts. John, Basil, and James (the other authors of our Liturgies) and not for St. Gregory. :) So we’ve added services for his feast.

FIND THE FULL SCHEDULE OF SERVICES HERE

What a GREAT Annual Meeting we had on Sunday! How exciting it was to hear about the many great things happening at our parish and in our parish family! Thank you to those who served in parish offices last year, and thank you to those who volunteered (and were elected) at yesterday’s meeting to serve this year! The minutes of the meeting are to be provided to Archbishop Peter by a week from today. After that, they will be available for our members to review. Find out more at the PARISH COUNCIL PAGE. You can also find there the list of our parish elected officials, the schedule of Parish Council meetings for the year, how to make a suggestion to help us improve our parish, and more!

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

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We communicate in the holy Body of Christ and become the temple of the All-holy Trinity. For ‘when one person of the Holy Trinity is winin us, the Holy Trinity is within us’. The Christian’s body becomes a foundation of the Holy Trinity; anyone who receives Communion ‘has Christ and His Father and the Comforter firmly established within him’.

“The Divine Liturgy – A Commentary in the Light of the Fathers” by Hieromonk Gregorios
Quotations from St. Athansius the Great and St. John Chrystostom

"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)

Today's Liturgy is live now at 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