Fr. Gregory is available to bring Holy Communion to the sick, bless homes and apartments (or dorm rooms), or to provide spiritual support to any and all of our parish family whenever there is a need. Please do not hesitate to contact him! Too often those in need suffer in silence because they do not want to “bother” the priest. Fr. Gregory is here to serve our parish family – just as Christ came to minister so too is this the calling of the parish priest. You can reach Fr. Gregory by phone or SMS at 734-649-5746 or via email at ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org. Rest assured – he looks forward to hearing from you any time – whether you have a specific need or even if you just need to talk – please contact him!

Have you moved? Do you have a new phone number or a new email address? Did you not find a calendar envelope with your name on it at church (that means we don't have you on our mailing list)? Please take a moment now and submit your information on our easy to use form created just for this purpose:

http://goo.gl/forms/C73HETWstf

Please note that English translation of the Marriage & Family Retreat presentations will can be found on our live stream. Thus, if you would like to hear the translation of the presentations please bring a smart phone or tablet that is wifi enabled as well as ear buds or head phones. Register now! :)

Read the biography:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/marria ... io2016.pdf

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As we recover from our long national election, we hope these words from Fr. Gregory will helpful in putting things into perspective:

http://blogtushka.blogspot.com/2016/11/ ... ty-is.html

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See/share the above picture as a PDF:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/marria ... hedule.pdf

Our Michigan Deanery St. John Kochurov Society meets on November 13 at St. Vladimir's immediately following the Divine Liturgy. November 13 is the feast of St. John Kochurov and at St. Vladimir's we will serve evening services for St. John on November 12 at 6:00 p.m. and Divine Liturgy for St. John on November 13 at 10:00 a.m. (this is a Sunday this year).

St. John was the first priestly martyr of the Russian Revolution, but before that he had served for 10+ years in our diocese. And thus Archbishop Peter blessed for St. John to be the patron of our diocesan fund for those in need of assistance. This fund focuses especially on Monasteries, Missions (and Mission Clergy), and Youth. St. Vladimir's has traditionally been the parish with the largest number of members in the diocese. We want to keep up this great tradition!

Join us for a special meal brought to you by our St. Ksenia Sisterhood in honor of St. John Kochurov on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at St. Vladimir's! Learn about the St. John Kochurov Society and how you can support its important mission!

To learn more about St. John please visit the links below.

Diocesan St. John Kochurov Society Page:

http://www.sjksdcma.org/

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2015/10/31/ ... n-kochurov

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life363.htm

Please register now at the following link:

https://goo.gl/forms/dkhRl1hjMmawWw1t2

See/share the above picture as a PDF:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/marria ... at2016.pdf

We do not talk too much in our parish about elections and this is by design. I do not think it is appropriate for me to tell you how you should vote. However, I can say that as Orthodox Christians – as the rational flock of our Lord Jesus Christ – we are expected to educate ourselves about the candidates and vote for those that we think will best advance the moral and social teachings of Christ and best help our country. But if we feel our civic duty begins and ends at the voting booth we are completely mistaken. It is our responsibility – our Christian duty – whether we vote or not and for whomever we do vote if we do, to pray for our nation. St. Paul calls upon us to pray for our leaders. He made that call during the time that pagans ruled over (and often persecuted) all Christians and this call has never been rescinded by the Church. So let us fulfill our civic duty as our conscience directs us, but let us not forget our Christian duty to pray for our leaders – that God will guide them. If we do this we can hope for the peace that we pray for at every Divine Liturgy – a peace we are asking the Lord for so that we can work out our salvation (the most important goal in our lives as Christians) in the most expeditious context possible.

Fr. Gregory

Please join us for a Midnight Divine Liturgy November 11 into November 12 - this coming Friday/Saturday! Worship as the early Christians did! Enjoy the prayerful/quiet atmosphere of the midnight services. All are welcome!