Sinners that repent are still saved; both publicans and fornicators cleansed by repentance enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

The compassionate God still calls to Himself all that have turned away, and He awaits them and promises them mercy.

The loving Father still receives His prodigal sons come back from a far country and He opens the doors of His house and clothes them in the best robe, and gives them each a ring on their hand and shoes on their feet and commands all the saints to rejoice in them.

+ St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (Journey to Heaven)

Summer is a time when many people go on vacation – and often we are seeking something to read while we are on vacation. Why not help yourself spiritually and pick up a book from the Kiosk or check one out from our parish Library? We have wonderful resources for you – please take advantage of these for your own spiritual growth!

With Archbishop Peter's blessing, this year summer courses will again be offered in the Pastoral School of the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America. Applications for admission for the summer semester are due June 14, 2021. The following courses will be offered this year – dates for the courses are June 21 – August 7, 2021 (Liturgics is slightly longer in duration):

• Liturgics
• Intermediate/Advanced Church Slavonic
• Parish Management and Operations
• Thesis Writing Workshop
• New Testament Greek
• New Testament Latin
• The Pivotal Points in the History of Russian Orthodox Church
Outside of Russia
• Planting and Starting a New Mission

All Pastoral School summer courses are available to the general public without the need for a formal application to our complete Diploma program. To register please visit the following link:

REGISTER HERE
To learn more about the summer courses and all the offerings of the Pastoral School please visit this link:

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
For more information or with questions please contact the Dean of the Pastoral School, Archpriest Gregory Joyce (fr.gregory.joyce@orthodoxtheologicalschool.org).

All are welcome at St. Vladimir's! Please join us this Sunday! More information can be found at this link, and we encourage you to share this with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers!

DIVINE SERVICES FOR SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021
Due to the pandemic we have guidelines that must be followed. Please find those here:
ST. VLADIMIR'S PANDEMIC GUIDELINES
Services in the barn (mostly Sunday Liturgies) do not require sign up. All other services (which are held inside the church building) do - including Saturday evening Vigil and the Sunday 8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy. Sign up here:
DIVINE SERVICES WEEK OF MAY 24, 2021

Maria Karas, the wife of our first parish Rector, Archpriest Paul Karas, fell asleep in the Lord on the feast of Mid-Pentecost, May 26, 2021. The funeral will be at St. Vladimir’s at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2021 with burial to follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in the Russian Orthodox section, alongside her beloved Fr. Paul. We ask your prayers for the newly reposed, and comfort for the grieving. May the memory of our good, kind, loving Matushka be eternal!

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)

Fr. Gregory, Elizabeth, Misha, Masha, and Natasha invite everyone to join us for our Pascha party on Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. at our house in Saline. The rain date is Monday, May 31 2021. Why do we need a rain date? Because we will hold the party outside! We’ll have a bon fire, lots of non-Lenten food, drinks, and hopefully a lot of fun! Don’t know where we live? Please send a note to info@stvladimiraami.org now (not on May 30 when you leave your house!) and we’ll share details with you. Everyone is welcome! Come celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord with our whole parish family in the best pandemic style!

Please join us Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. for the feast of Mid-Pentecost. This is the half way point between Pascha and Pentecost. After the Divine Liturgy there is a lesser blessing of water. This water was traditionally used to bless the fields that are planted at this time of year. If you cannot come to the Evening Services or Liturgy please try to join us on one of our live streams:

FIND ST. VLADIMIR LIVE STREAMS
All are welcome! The services will be inside the church, so we ask that you sign up. This allows us to understand the number of people that will attend since we have limited, physically distanced spaces inside the temple. The link to the sign up sheet can be found on our parish home page. If you have any trouble finding that please email: info@stvladimriaami.org.

At that time, the High Priest was in ecstasy, filled with the Spirit of God, and understood that the maiden was the dwelling place of divine grace and more worthy then he to stand always before God’s countenance. He remembered that the Law commended the Ark be placed in the Holy of Holies and straightway perceived that this ordinance pertained to the maiden.

+ St. Theophylact

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's early Divine Liturgy beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the following link:

ST. VLADIMIR AUDIO LIVE STREAM
VIDEO 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
If you would like to view past services please visit our YouTube page:

ST. VLADIMIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL