In their wisdom the powers that be at Comcast seem to have decided to throttle downloads of Facebook videos. That makes it essentially impossible to download from Facebook (where we broadcast our live stream) and upload to YouTube if Comcast is your service provider (and that is true for Fr. Gregory). We are working on moving our stream to YouTube. But until that time we need help. Do you have a service provider that is not Comcast? Do you have 10-15 minutes per week to move 2-3 videos from Facebook to YouTube? If so, please contact Fr. Gregory.

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 (various age groups)

On Sunday Bill Edwards made a presentation during the parish meal regarding our parish efforts related to the Lord’s Matthew 25 Challenge, specifically regarding the To The Rescue portion of those efforts. You can learn more about our Matthew 25 efforts, how you can help, see Bill’s presentation, and more at our Matthew 25 page:

STV MATTHEW 25 CHALLENGE

Fr. Gregory, Elizabeth, Misha, Masha, and Natasha invite everyone to join us for our Pascha party on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at our house in Saline. The rain date is Monday, May 16 2022. 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 15 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 post-pandemic style!

THE WEATHER LOOKS GOOD FOR MAY 15! SEE YOU THEN!!!

On Tuesday evening we will hold Evening Services at 6:00 p.m. in preparation for Divine Liturgy for Apostles Jason & Sosipater on Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy will be followed by our Pre-K catechism at 10:00 a.m. More information and a sign up sheet for our Pre-K catechism can be found here:

WEDNESDAY CATECHISM
In addition, we will hold our weekly Akathist for the Ill at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening.

If you cannot come to the Evening Services or Liturgy please try to join us on one of our live streams:

STV LIVE STREAMS
As of August 20, 2021 we recommend (but do not mandate) masking for indoor activities.

Learn More: Apostles Jason & Sosipater – English
Learn More: Apostles Jason & Sosipater – Russian

Our life is not arranged arbitrarily, but by Divine Providence. Peace is acquired by cutting off your will. It is impossible to find complete satisfaction. The Lord does not demand the impossible from us, and the fulfillment of the commandments of God is possible everywhere and always. Seeing a person forcing himself to piety in a certain place and situation, according to his strength, and his readiness, the Lord fulfills his desire for good.

Venerable Nikon of Optina
Living without Hypocrisy

"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 6:8-7:5 & John 4:46-54
Tuesday: Acts 8:5-17 & John 6:27-33
Wednesday: Acts 8:18-25 & John 6:35-39
Thursday: Acts 8:26-39 & John 6:40-44
Friday: Acts 8:40-9:19 & John 6:48-54
Saturday: Acts 9:19-31 & John 15:17-16:2

Понедельник: Деян. 6:8-7:5 и от Иоанна 4:46-54
Вторник: Деян. 8:5-17 и Иоанна 6:27-33
Среда: Деян. 8:18-25 и от Иоанна 6:35-39
Четверг: Деян. 8:26-39 и от Иоанна 6:40-44
Пятница: Деян. 8:40-9:19 и от Иоанна 6:48-54
Суббота: Деян. 9:19-31 и от Иоанна 15:17-16:2

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

By St. Justin (Popovich):

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/bible_how.aspx

By Bishop Kalistos (Ware):

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/ware_howto.aspx

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
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

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