On earth, everything is temporary, brief and transitory. Soon everything will pass by, that which is pleasant and delightful, just as what is lamentable and sorrowful. If we have chosen for ourselves the path of piety, then we must remember and not forget the words of the Apostle: All that will live godly in Christ shall suffer persecution (II Timothy 3:12).

Venerable Ambrose of Optina
Living without Hypocrisy

Friends,

Shortly before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 2, our sister in Christ Olga Radulovic fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 97. Olga is one of our founding members, and gave tirelessly of herself for the establishment and flourishing of our St. Vladimir parish. Many of you knew Olga, while many of you did not, since she has not been able to come to church regularly for some years. But each and every one of us has benefited from the zealous efforts of Olga, and our other founders, who trusted in God that their work would benefit perhaps not themselves, but those that would come after them. Those that came after them are us, and we owe a huge debt to Olga and our other founders who have gone on to their eternal reward. I would submit that we need to emulate their efforts and continue to work diligently now for the parish that the Lord has entrusted to us – even if the benefit from our efforts will be not for ourselves, but for those who come after us.

For now, let us pray for Olga’s repose in the tabernacles of the righteous. In the next days we will be able to plan Olga’s funeral and we will share that information with you here when we have it. May her memory be eternal!

Fr. Gregory

"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: Ephesians 1:22-2:3 & Luke 3:19-22
Tuesday: Ephesians 2:19-3:7 & Luke 3:23-4:1
Wednesday: Ephesians 3:8-21 & Luke 4:1-15
Thursday: Ephesians 4:14-19 & Luke 4:16-22
Friday: Ephesians 4:17-25 & Luke 4:22-30
Saturday: I Corinthians 14:20-25 & Luke 4:31-36

Понедельник: Еф. 1:22-2:3 и от Луки 3:19-22
Вторник: Еф. 2:19-3:7 и от Луки 3:23-4:1
Среда: Еф. 3:8-21 и от Луки 4:1-15
Четверг: Еф. 4:14-19 и от Луки 4:16-22
Пятница: Еф. 4:17-25 и от Луки 4:22-30
Суббота: I Кор. 14:20-25 и от Луки 4:31-36

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

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

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

Please find the October schedule of services posted at the following link:
OCTOBER STV SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

St. Vladimir’s Shared Calendar is Available!

See all the services and activities! Here’s how (this is for Google – other ICAL supported calendars work too):

1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Next to "Other calendars" on the left, click the down arrow.
3. Select Add by URL.
4. Enter the calendar's address in the field provided: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/calendar%40stvladimiraami.org/public/basic.ics
5. Click Add Calendar. The calendar will appear on the left side under "Other calendars."

Note: It might take up to 12 hours for changes to show in your Google Calendar.

Please consider adding our shared calendar to your other calendars so you will always know when the Divine Services are scheduled!

If you would like to see the calendar in HTML please visit this link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=calendar%40stvladimiraami.org&ctz=America/New_York

All are welcome at St. Vladimir's! Please join us this Sunday! More information can be found at this link, and we encourage you to share this with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers!

DIVINE SERVICES FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2022

JOIN US!