Today is one of the major feasts of St. Sergius of Radonezh and the feast day of our own cathedral in Cleveland, OH. We congratulate our sister parish on their feast! Fr. Gregory will be joining Bishop Peter at the celebrations in Cleveland so we will not have services at St. Vladimir's today. However, we present the life of St. Sergius below for your edification.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2015/09/25/ ... -of-radone

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1602.htm

While he was visiting St. Vladimir's recently Fr. Vladimir Klimzo met with several of our parish parents and it became quite obvious quite quickly that we need to work more closely together to support each other in our parenting – in our efforts to raise saints for the Heavenly Kingdom (which is exactly what we are trying to do as Orthodox Christian parents). Thus, we have established a Parent Group for our parish. The first meeting of the group is set for October 19. More information can be found at this link – please visit and sign up or reach out to ask questions:

http://goo.gl/forms/2GOEIBNdCe

We hope to see you on October 19!

FREE BABYSITTING IS PROVIDED FOR THIS EVENT!

Please save the date for our annual fall pilgrimage to Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia. More information will be coming soon, but as always registration will be limited due to the limited capacity of the monastery guest house. Please contact Fr. Gregory or Dmitri Knysh with questions. Please plan to join us!

Our Sister in Christ Addelaide Lanterman has volunteered to head up the greeter team at St. Vladimir's. What the parish wants to do is welcome existing parish members and visitors as they enter St. Vladimir. In order to do that effectively we need to have team of about 8 people that volunteer in groups of two to be greeters each Sunday morning starting September 27th. What does it mean to be a greeter? A greeter will be a friendly person available to answer questions, guide people to the available pamphlets about the parish and Orthodox Christianity, provide them with informational bulletin, invite them to stay for the meal after Liturgy, and make polite conversation with them during the meal if they chose to stay. The greeter is the person that the visitors knows is there to help. Please join us! WE NEED YOU! Contact Addie or Nathan today to participate in this important ministry of welcoming newcomers to the parish!

“The Way” is an introduction to Orthodox Christianity for those interested, and a great opportunity for those of us who are already Orthodox to learn more about our faith. People will be needed to help prepare meals, lead discussion groups at the Tuesday sessions, and help with logistics.

In order to facilitate registration of volunteers we have created this Google Doc – please sign up today:

http://goo.gl/forms/fpLNsgQ6Bq

To learn more about The Way please visit this web site:

http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/courses/courses_way.html

Please join us for a truly rare opportunity – a Master Class on Russian Folklore. This event promises to enrich your knowledge about Russian cultural traditions, both theoretically and practically. Anastasia Klimzo, a folklorist from Russia, will present some basic background information and teach hands-on (feet-on, actually) dances and songs which are preserved in the Russian villages from generations past. This event is planned to be in Russian. Translation is available if arranged ahead of time - SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL ATTEND AND NEED TRANSLATION. Email info@stvladimiraami.org to let us know this.

Suggested donation of $20 will benefit Davydovo camp for mentally disabled kids and teens! Every penny helps! http://davydovo-hram.ru/autisty-v-derevne-1508

Time: 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Place: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Hall, 3109 Scio Church Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Register here:

http://goo.gl/forms/Rzq4eznwDc

An evening for youth with Anastasia Klimzo is set for Friday, October 2 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Anastasia led many of the dances at our recent festival, including instructing those who did not know the dances how to perform them right there on the spot. This was VERY popular – everyone had a great time. Since Anastasia is continuing her visit with us we have this rare and wonderful opportunity to gather our youth for a fun evening of dancing and singing with Anastasia's instruction. DO NOT MISS THIS! Registration and more information is at this link:

http://goo.gl/forms/23zIGpA0CF

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Starting on Friday at 1:00 PM (and continuing into the evening as late as we can work) the parish needs all available brothers and sisters on site at the church for the first part of the soil stabilization project.

The drive and parking project is nearing completion.

It is now our responsibility to ensure that the excellent excavation work is stabilized by planting it with grass seed ASAP.

We will have grass seed, fertilizer, straw blankets (w/staples) and spreaders.

WE NEED PEOPLE with rakes (both stiff garden rakes and leaf rakes)!

Thank you!

Nathaniel
Starosta

The miracle working icon “Softner of Evil Hearts” is slated to visit our parish in Windsor, Ontario October first and second. The schedule is:

October 1: 7:00 p.m.
October 2: 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

The address of the Holy Trinity Church in Windsor is:

1410 Drouillard Rd, Windsor, Ontario N8Y2R9, Canada

More about this icon can be found at these links:

English:

http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/39041.htm

Russian:

http://www.pravoslavie.ru/guest/32416.htm

Our Adult Group monthly meeting has been changed from Monday, September 28 to TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 at 8:00 p.m. at the Obertas Family home. We have a special guest for this meeting: Priest Vladimir Klimzo from Davydovo, Russia. Fr. Vladimir will discuss his ministry to special needs children and adults, and the summer camp that he runs to support this ministry in the village of Davydovo. Several of our parishioners helped at the camp this summer - we hope that they too will join us to discuss their experience there. Register for this event at our home page. Thank you for registering - it helps us to prepare the correct amount of food!

http://goo.gl/forms/aGt0wWgwCK

Other Adult Group meetings for this half of the year can be found here:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/flyers/adultgroup.pdf