Please plan to join us on Monday, April 19, 2021 for the annual Michigan Deanery General Unction service at St. Vladimir’s. The service will be held outside (NEW), unless the weather is contrary, in which case it will be held in the Winter Worship Space with open doors and windows. Our usual pandemic guidelines will be followed, as at all other Divine Services in the Winter Worship Space. Details can be found at the flyer below, which would also be good to share with friends and loved ones:

GENERAL UNCTION FLYER WITH DIRECTIONS
Following the Unction service there will be a short presentation on our parish efforts at meeting the Lord’s Matthew 25 Challenge. We welcome support from all those of good will, and hope to spread these efforts to other deanery parishes. Please plan to join us!

Please join us on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. to help prepare our property for the feast of feasts and the day of days: the Resurrection of our Lord! The Lord has blessed us with a large piece of property – and it all needs to be ready for the greatest of all feasts in our Orthodox Christian year. Come one – come all! Spread the word! Many hands make light work! With a good turnout we can be done in just a few hours!

Please join us for the Standing of St. Andrew this Wednesday. We won’t mince words – this is a long service. One of the longest of the year. And it is a challenge – and one we should embrace! At this service we read the entire penitential canon of St. Andrew of Crete, the entire life of St. Mary of Egypt, and the full Matins service in preparation for the Presanctified Liturgy on THURSDAY night. There is only one life of a saint that is mandated to be read in the Divine Services during the entire year. And this is the life of St. Mary of Egypt. This should tell us something – it should tell us this is important and we should participate in this service as we are able. Ideally by attending the service, but if that is impossible, via the live stream. Please join us as your personal schedule allows!

FIND ST. VLADIMIR LIVE STREAMS

Whoever enters on the true path of pleasing God, or who begins with the aid of grace to strive toward God on the path of Christ’s law, will inevitably be threatened by the danger of losing his way at the crossroads, of going astray and perishing, imagining himself saved. These crossroads are unavoidable because of the sinful inclinations and disorder of one’s faculties which are capable of presenting things in a false light — to deceive and destroy a man. To this is joined the flattery of Satan, who is reluctant to be separated from his victims and, when someone from his domain goes to the light of Christ, pursues him and sets every manner of net in order to catch him again — and quite often he indeed catches him.

+ St. Theophan The Recluse (The Path to Salvation: A Manual of Spiritual Transformation)

This year is the 13th year that we have held a lecture on Sundays of Great Lent during our parish meal. The full schedule of lectures for this year is below - please join us as your personal schedule allows!

2021 GREAT LENTEN LECTURE SERIES

The Holy Church appoints several special Saturdays throughout the year on which we especially commemorate our departed friends and loved ones. At St. Vladimir’s we will serve the following memorial services on the following dates for the remainder of this Great Lent:

April 10: Divine Liturgy 8:00 a.m. (Matins for the departed the evening prior at 6:00 p.m.)

Please join us on our live stream and please assure the commemoration of your friends and loved ones at the services by visiting our on-line form to submit names or by otherwise contacting Fr. Gregory.

We are often asked about Lenten recipes. One can't really make it through any fasting period on only peanut butter and jelly! We present here some recipes that you may find helpful. Remember: anything that is vegan fits the fast, and since vegan diets have become popular lately, you can search for these on the Internet. We can't comment on the quality of the recipes you'll find when you make such a search, but the recipes below are GOOD! Enjoy!

St. Vladimir Lenten Recipes A

St. Vladimir Lenten Recipes B

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 Adults: from the writings of Blessed Theophylact

For Youth: from the Antiochian Archdiocese (various age groups)

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