The single best way for us to pray for our friends and loved ones is to arrange for them to be remembered at the Divine Liturgy. We serve approximately 130 Divine Liturgies per year, so your friends or loved ones will be prayed for approximately ever three days as a rule at St. Vladimir's.

At STV we offer a subscription service for the commemoration of your friends and loved ones at our parish. The details can be found at the link below. Please contact Frs. Gregory or Dmitri with questions or to arrange the commemoration of your friends and loved ones using this analog technology (names written in commemoration books or pieces of paper):

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR COMMEMORATIONS
If you prefer digital technology, please visit the page linked below to learn more and to arrange for your friends and loved ones to be commemorated at the Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir’s.

COMMEMORATIONS AT ST. VLADIMIR'S

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults on the upcoming Sunday's principle Gospel reading so that all can better prepare for the Divine Services. 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 Various Ages: from the Antiochian Archdiocese

FIVE LINES FOR EVERY ST. VLADIMIRIAN TO READ FOR THIS WEEK!

Friends,

Thank you SO MUCH for your generous donations in support of our “Birthday Roof” project. We didn’t raise $10,000 as we were hoping to, in order to get the full matching grant on offer. We raised WAY MORE THAN THAT!!! Our parish family and friends gathered more than $12,000 today in support of our “Birthday Roof”. Thank you, and congratulations to all! This is yet another example that should strengthen us as we prepare to begin construction of our new parish church: our zealous labor + God’s blessing = we can accomplish essentially anything as a parish family. Let us burn this into our memory, so that we will not doubt going forward. Thank you all, and thank God for this great success for our parish family!

Fr. Gregory

P.S. This worked so well that I have to start thinking about what to ask for next year. :)

"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 4:25-32 & Luke 4:37-44
Tuesday: Ephesians 5:20-26 & Luke 5:12-16
Wednesday: Ephesians 5:25-33 & Luke 5:33-39
Thursday: Ephesians 5:33-6:9 & Luke 6:12-19
Friday: Ephesians 6:18-24 & Luke 6:17-23
Saturday: I Corinthians 15:39-45 & Luke 5:17-26

Понедельник: Еф. 4:25-32 и от Луки 4:37-44
Вторник: Еф. 5:20-26 и от Луки 5:12-16
Среда: Еф. 5:25-33 и от Луки 5:33-39
Четверг: Еф. 5:33-6:9 и от Луки 6:12-19
Пятница: Еф. 6:18-24 и от Луки 6:17-23
Суббота: I Кор. 15:39-45 и от Луки 5:17-26

Please find below several very nice articles on how to read the scripture from an Orthodox point of view.

By St. Justin (Popovich)

By Bishop Kalistos (Ware)