We have new acquisitions in our parish library! The following titles have recently been acquired and are available to borrow:

St Cyril of Jerusalem. Lectures on the Christian Sacraments: The Procatechesis and the Five Mystagogical Catecheses. Crestwood: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press." (1951).

http://www.svspress.com/on-the-christian-sacraments/

Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra. Psalms and the life of faith. Athens: Indiktos, 2015.

http://www.svspress.com/psalms-and-the-life-of-faith/

Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra. The way of the spirit: reflections on life in God. Athens: Indiktos, 2009.

http://www.indiktos.gr/askitika/503-the ... n-god.html

http://www.athosfriends.org/books/BookL ... /dales.htm

To check out a book (this is just a very small taste of what is available), to help with acquisitions, or to learn more about our parish library please visit the parish library page on our web site:

http://lib.stvladimiraami.org/

Please join us this Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. and this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. for our all English cycle of Divine Services at St. Vladimir's. More information at the link below (suitable to share!). All are welcome!

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/prophe ... nglish.pdf

The retirement celebration for His Eminence, Archbishop Alypy, is sent for August 30 in Chicago. The public is welcome to attend. Please learn more at the Diocesan web site:

http://chicagodiocese.org/news_160803_1.html

Please note that we have updated our Divine Service schedule for the coming weekend. We now will have Vigil at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday - just as we do every weekend. :) Also, note too that our Sisterhood will hold its monthly building fund dinner this coming Sunday. Please join us!

Please plan to join us on the second annual Walk of Life Procession! Register now at the link below:

https://goo.gl/forms/P1JPnxKikR1Aw7sa2

Volunteer to help now by emailing info@stvladimiraami.org. Don't miss this great opportunity!

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Divine Liturgy beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.ogg.m3u

If you have any trouble with the live stream please visit this link:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/p/ ... dimir.html

If the information at that link does not help please email info@stvladimiraami.org and we will assist you as soon as possible (but after the Divine Service).

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/

One week from today - August 27: All English Liturgy at St. Vladimir's at 9:00 a.m. Vespers & Matins the evening before at 6:00 p.m. Join us! Invite friends! Share the flyer you see above by sharing this link:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/prophe ... nglish.pdf

See you next Saturday!

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!