With the blessing of Archbishop Peter our annual fall pilgrimage to Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia is slated for October 21-23, 2016. This pilgrimage fills up fast every year! Please register today by contacting our Parish Council member Dmitri Knysh at info@stvladimiraami.org or by seeing him in church. First come first served - register today!

Flyer suitable for sharing with others:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/holycross2016.pdf

Today marks the only day of the Dormition lent on which fish may be eaten. But the culinary fast is always driven by the Divine Services of the Church - and today we celebrate the great feast of the Transfiguration. We hope you can join us this morning, but if you can't, please have a look at the links below to learn more about the feast. Congratulations to all!

English:

https://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/08/06/102215-the-holy-transfiguration-of-our-lord-god-and-savior-jesus-christ

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life4385.htm

One of the most theologically significant great feasts of the Church year is the Transfiguration of the Lord - and it is celebrated tonight & tomorrow! Please join us at 6:00 p.m. this evening and 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. Don't forget your basket of fruit - we bless fruit after the Divine Liturgy tomorrow!

Today marks the feast of the Procession of the Life-Giving Cross and the first day of the Dormition Fast. This fast is stricter in nature, with fish only allowed once during the fast - on the feast of the Transfiguration. The fast, though, is short. Please do not put off starting the fast, for it you do, it may be gone before you start. The fast lasts only 14 days and ends with the last great feast of the Church Year, the Dormition of the Mother of God. Please visit the links below to learn more about today's feast.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2015/08/01/ ... oss-of-the

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life4360.htm

Please find the latest edition of the Starosta's corner at this link:

http://stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/starostascorner.pdf

Did you know that some (in fact many) companies offer matching funds for donations made to non-profit organizations such as our parish? To find out more please contact your Human Resources department at you place of employment. Did you know that if you donate your used car to Charity Motors you can direct that the proceeds from the sale of the car go to our own St. Vladimir parish? You can find out more at their web site: http://www.charitymotors.org Please consider these options to support your parish!

Today marks the feast of the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Pantelimon. At St. Vladimir's we have Liturgy this morning at 8:00 a.m. You can learn more about this great saint of God at the links below.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/07/27/ ... anteleimon

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life4313.htm

"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: I Corinthians 9:13-18 & Matthew 16:1-6
Tuesday: I Corinthians 10:5-12 & Matthew 16:6-12
Wednesday: I Corinthians 10:12-22 & Matthew 16:20-24
Thursday: I Corinthians 10:28-11:7 & Matthew 16:24-28
Friday: I Corinthians 11:8-22 & Matthew 17:10-18
Saturday: Romans 13:1-10 & Matthew 12:30-37

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

This short article explains to us not just HOW to read the scriptures, but also what our goal should be in reading the scriptures. A short read and well worth it:

http://www.chrysostompress.org/reading_scripture.html

As noted in the article above we need God's help and blessing to read and understand the scriptures correctly. What better way to entreat God's help in this regard than through prayer? Please find the prayer before reading the scriptures here:

http://www.chrysostompress.org/prayer_b ... pture.html

Our weekly bulletin, "Sunday Reading", has been posted at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/SundayRea ... eading.pdf

Please note that there will be no live stream the weekend of August 6-7, 2016. When the live stream returns next weekend we will be broadcasting in .mp3 format. Thank you for your understanding as we update our live stream!