Today marks the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God. This is the patronal feast day of our Diocesan Cathedral in Des Plaines/Chicago, IL and thus there will be no services at St. Vladimir's today. Please join us in wishing a blessed feast day to our brothers and sisters at the Cathedral in Chicago, as well as those in our other diocesan parishes celebrating their feast days today as well. Below please find a short explanation of the feast.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/10/01/ ... d-and-ever

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1638.htm