As Bishop Peter announced during his visit to St. Vladimir’s on May 4, with Matushka Maria Karas’ permission the parish has established a memorial for Fr. Paul: a new gold cupola on the parish church addition. Through memorial gifts in Fr. Paul’s honor just over half of the approximately $10,000 price of the cupola has already been raised. We have ordered the cupola hoping in God’s mercy and the generosity of our St. Vladimir’s family to raise the remainder of the money in time for the cupola’s arrival at St. Vladimir’s in late June or early July of this year. To make a donation towards Fr. Paul’s memorial please contact our Starosta, Karl Meyer, or our Treasurer, Eugene Poplavsky.

Pictures and videos from Fr. John’s ordination and Bishop Peter’s visit have been posted on our parish photo album. Please click the "Parish Photoalbum" link on the left or the links below to view the pictures.

http://stvladimirchurch.myphotoalbum.co ... e=album150

and:

http://stvladimirchurch.myphotoalbum.co ... e=album153

Please note, if the videos play quickly you need to update your version of Adobe Flash Player. You can do that by going to this link and following the directions (click “download” to begin):

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

St. Vladimir’s parish family and friends congratulate the newly-ordained Deacon John Feloniuk, his wife Olga, and their family on Fr. John’s ordination to the deaconate at St. Vladimir’s Church on Sunday, May 4. May God grant them all many years of service in His vineyard!

Please note that our weekly bulletin, "Sunday Reading", has been posted. To view the bulletin please click on the link at the top of the page entitled "This Week's Sunday Reading", or the Related Link below.

Pictures from Holy Week and Pascha have been posted on our parish photo album. Please click the "Parish Photoalbum" link on the left or the link below to view the pictures.

http://stvladimirchurch.myphotoalbum.co ... e=album148

The latest schedule of services and activities at St. Vladimir's has been posted on our web site and will be distributed via our email and mailing lists to our parishioners in the next few days. Please click the "Related Link" below or see the link at the top of the page entitled "Complete Schedule of Services". To join our mailing list please email info@stvladimiraami.org.

Please find here a fact sheet regarding the St. Vladimir Cemetery project provided for your information:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets ... church.pdf

Also provided here for your information is the pamphlet “Orthodox Christian Burial”, which is referred to in the above fact sheet:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets ... mphlet.pdf

Finally – please find here a questionnaire from the parish Building Team seeking information from you regarding your interest in being buried at St. Vladimir Cemetery:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets ... forweb.pdf

Please print out the questionnaire and send it in by May 1, 2008! Your input is greatly appreciated!

We thank everyone who makes non-cash donations to our parish! Things such as vacuum cleaners, shovels, lawn mowers, etc. are much needed and welcome. However, since we have limited space for storage it is important that these donations be coordinated through our Starosta, Karl Meyer. Please contact Karl (kmeyer@stvladimiraami.org or 734-996-3890) when you plan to make a non-cash donation so he can evaluate each potential gift based the parish’s needs.

Would you like to help your parish save a bit of money and help the environment by cutting down on paper used at the same time? If so please contact Fr. Gregory (ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org) and let him know that you would like to receive parish mailings by email only.

Is your marriage sanctified by the Holy Church? That is, are you married in a civic ceremony only and not in the Church? Or perhaps you are living together without any sort of marriage? This is the year to change all that and receive God’s blessing on your marriage in the Holy Church! It is hard to quantify just how important it is to be married in the Church, but we can appreciate it on some level when we understand that the Church considers those who are not married in the Church to be “living together” rather than married and that those living together without marriage, strictly speaking, should not be allowed to receive Holy Communion. This is not to say that we are urging those who have not been married in the Church not to participate in the sacramental life of the Church! ON THE CONTRARY, we are urging you to fulfill the sacrament of Holy Matrimony and receive God’s blessings on your marriage! It doesn’t matter if you’ve been together for just a year or for fifty years – everyone needs God’s blessing on their marriage! Don’t be afraid and don’t be shy – talk to Fr. Gregory today and arrange a time for your Church Marriage! The ceremony needn’t be grandiose – it needn’t even be more than a private gathering of the priest, those to be married, and a witness. What matters most is that God be present in everyone’s marriage! Strengthening all our St. Vladimir’s marriages strengthens our parish as a whole and sends the important message to our parish youth that we need God’s blessing on our marriage to make it truly successful both temporally and eternally. Make 2008 the year you are married in the Church and add a third and most important partner to your marriage – our Merciful God! And if God is with us, who can prevail against us?

Please support our parishioner, Reader Zachary Martinchek in his carving of wooden icons. A wooden icon is a rarity and Zach’s icons are very beautiful and would make a timeless family memorial/heirloom. For more information and to view some of his work please click the link below:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/flyers/za ... ncheck.pdf

We now offer you a great way to financially support our parish via the Meijer Community Rewards program. You can join the program by sending in the form sent to parish family homes, or even easier, just go to http://www.meijer.com/rewards/ and follow the simple directions. St. Vladimir’s code number is 672897 . There is NO COST to you to enroll or participate, but up to 4% of your monthly Meijer’s purchases will be donated by Meijer to St. Vladimir’s. Please see our Treasurer, Eugene Poplavsky, with questions or for enrollment information. Our goal is to enroll 100 St. Vladimir’s family members. Please sign up today!

Please remember that it is necessary to renew your automatic deduction/donation for our parish via the Fundraising Arm of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia yearly. To renew or to learn more about this important program which we offer as a convenience to our parishioners please see our Starosta, Karl Meyer, or our Treasurer, Eugene Poplavsky. Find the form the parish uses for this program in the "related link" below.

We are looking for several people to put up flyers at apartment buildings, places of business, and around the UM and EMU campuses where these are likely to be seen by those looking for a parish family such as ours. This is an easy way to help spread the word about our parish and would take little time, but would be a great help towards fulfilling our mission of spreading the Gospel in southeast Michigan. If you can help please see Fr. Gregory or Karl Meyer. See the flyer below - it is the "Related Link".