We congratulate all our parish friends and family who are celebrating the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ today. Although we will not celebrate for 13 days as a parish we understand that most of our society is celebrating today - and whether you celebrate today or in 13 days it is still remarkable and noteworthy that more than 2000 years after the birth of the Savior the world still pauses to note His Incarnation on this day. May this be the year that the hymn of the angels heard all those centuries ago over Bethlehem be actualized in our world: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, goodwill and peace.”

Full Schedule of Nativity Services at St. Vladimir's

Please be sure to pick up your 2021 calendar this weekend at St. Vladimir’s. The calendars will be available on the left side of the church or winter worship space towards the front. This is a very expensive mailing! You help us A LOT if you take your calendar home with you rather than making us mail it to you. :) Thank you in advance for your efforts in this regard!

THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND! WE MAIL THEM ON 12/28/20!

Thank God we have the ONLY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CEMETERY IN MICHIGAN. There are others, but new burials are no longer allowed in any other Orthodox Cemetery in our state. What a blessing the Lord has given us! Let us take advantage of this blessing and arrange our burial plots at the earliest opportunity. St. Vladimir’s members receive a discount on their plot – and YOU CAN PAY OVER TIME WITH NO INTEREST CHARGE. Reserve your plot now – visit our parish cemetery page:

ALL CEMETERY INFORMATION
To learn more about parish membership please visit this link:

ST. VLADIMIR PARISH MEMBERSHIP

Dear St. Vladimir’s Parishioners! We would like to urge you to consider whether making a donation to the parish before December 31, 2020 would be helpful for you as you consider your tax liability for the year 2020. Donations to St. Vladimir Church are deductible to the greatest extent allowable by law. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions in this regard. It is also very important that your address be up to date in our parish database. If you have moved this year please contact our parish Secretary, Lauren Rogers (info@stvladimiraami.org), with your new address.

Mikhail Fisenkov, Treasurer (treasurer@stvladimiraami.org)

I spoke with Fr. Michael Carney this week about the feast day in Lake Odessa this year. We decided, given the pandemic, it is better not to mix our parish families at this time. Therefore, rather than encouraging folks to go to Lake Odessa this year we will have Liturgy at St. Vladimir’s. Please join us on December 24 at 6:00 p.m. and December 25 at 8:00 a.m. for the Divine Services for St. Herman of Alaska. All are welcome! Please sign up on our parish home page so we’ll be able to manage the number of people. If there is not enough space in the church proper we’ll move the services to the winter worship space.

Fr. Gregory

“Brethren and fathers, God, who fashioned us and brought us out of non-existence into being, has placed us in this life as in a schoolroom to learn the gospel of his kingdom.”

+ St. Theodore the Studite

Use this to form to have a candle lit at the next Divine Service at St. Vladimir’s ~ Заполните данную форму, что бы за Вас поставили свечу во время следующего богослужения в Свято-Владимирском храме.

Pandemic Candle Stand ~ Подсвечники во время эпидемии

Vigil for St. Nicholas will be at 6:00 p.m. on 12/18/20 in the church. But given the large number of people who want to attend the Divine Liturgy we have MOVED THIS SERVICE TO THE WINTER WORSHIP SPACE! Please note this change, and please share it with those you know who are planning to attend Liturgy. And please dress accordingly!

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, DECEMBER 20, 2020
Due to the pandemic we have guidelines that must be followed. Please find those here:

HELP US KEEP THE PARISH OPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC
Services in the barn (mostly Sunday Liturgies) do not require sign up. All other services (which are held inside the church building) do - including Saturday evening Vigil. Sign up here:

DIVINE SERVICES WEEK OF DECEMBER 14, 2020

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 Adults: from the writings of Blessed Theophylact

For Children: from the Antiochian Archdiocese (various age groups)