We are happy to announce that Ivanna Iavorska-Em has completed all training and is now a Notary Public. Ivanna can notarize official documents as needed for St. Vladimir's parishioners at no charge – this is a service that we are happy to offer to our parishioners and we thank Ivanna for her willingness to serve our parish family in this way! Ivanna is fluent in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. To make an appointment to have Ivanna notarize your papers according to the rules and standards of the Notary Public laws please email info@stvladimiraami.org or call or SMS: 734-475-4590.

We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults. 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:

http://chrysostompress.org/c_5th_pentecost.html

For children, from the Antiochian Archdiocese (various age groups):

http://www.antiochian.org/sites/default ... 7-09-b.pdf

We have been fasting for nearly a month now, and the fast is coming to an end. The feast of Sts. Peter & Paul is this Wednesday. The feast we have been fasting for. The feast we have been preparing for. Please join us as your personal schedule allows, and if you cannot join us in person, please join us on our live stream. Vigil 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. Liturgy 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Additional information about the feast is below. Congratulations to all!

English:

https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/06/29/101840-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-leaders-of-the-apostles-peter

Russian:

https://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1417.htm

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Vigil beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

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:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

We are pleased to announce that Alexandra Pyrozhenko has taken on the role of Church School Coordinator for the 2017-18 academic year. Alexandra has significant experience both academically and “hands on” in teaching and working with children, and she will add great value to our school. Please join me in welcoming Alexandra to this important position!

Church School will begin this year on Saturday, September 23. Registration will soon be open. PLEASE CONSIDER: how can you help make our Church School, the most important ministry of our parish after the Divine Services, a success? Can you teach? Can you help otherwise? Please contact Fr. Gregory or Alexandra Pyrozhenko if you are willing to help!

TEACHERS: organizational meeting will begin after St. Vladimir’s Day. Look for more information coming soon!

Fr. Gregory

Vacation Bible School at St. Vladimir’s this year will be July 17-21. At this point the school will be only in Russian, however, if we can get a minimum of two English speaking volunteers we will very happily offer classes in English as well! Classes will be from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. Children must be at least 5 years old to participate. Parents must send a packed lunch with their child. Snacks and water will be provided. The cost of VBS is $50 per child. If this will be difficult for your family please contact Fr. Gregory. On July 18 Liturgy will be served. On this day the children will go to Silver Lake following the Liturgy – we will need parental volunteers on these days for the safety of the children. Sign up your children AND volunteer at the link below:

https://goo.gl/forms/7bNu1LrjMG5i2o4K3

Questions: info@stvladimiraami.org or 734-475-4590

The feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist falls each year on 24 June/7 July, and this is almost always the week that Fr. Gregory is at the ORPR camp. And that is true this year too. So we will have a Reader's Vigil on Thursday, July 6 at 6:00 p.m. to mark the feast. There will be no services at St. Vladimir's on July 7 itself. Please find more information about the feast at the links below.

English:

https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/06/24/101800-nativity-of-the-holy-glorious-prophet-forerunner-and-baptist-joh

Russian:

https://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1386.htm

We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults. 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:

http://chrysostompress.org/c_4th_pentecost.html

For children, from the Antiochian Archdiocese (various age groups):

http://www.antiochian.org/sites/default ... 7-02-b.pdf

The glorification of St. Mardarije, the first Serbian bishop of America, will take place on July 14-16, 2017 in Libertyville, IL (just north of Chicago). In researching the life of this remarkable saint we realized something truly awesome: St. Mardarije reposed in Ann Arbor! Yes - in our home town! What a huge blessing for us that our humble region was sanctified by such a righteous one's translation into the Heavenly Kingdom! Much more about this certainly to come - this fact is sure to have a huge impact on our parish family, but let's not let the glorification go by without a strong representation from our parish! Just a 5-hour drive from St. Vladimir's to Libertyville! We are planning a pilgrimage group - please contact me if you would like to participate! Fr. Gregory

A short life of St. Mardarije can be found here:

http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/103399.htm

Learn more about stewardship and join the conversation now on Blogtushka:

http://blogtushka.blogspot.com/2017/06/ ... dimir.html