When you begin to read or listen to the Holy Scriptures, pray to God thus: “Lord Jesus Christ, open the ears and eyes of my heart so that I may hear Thy words and understand them, and may fulfill Thy will.” Always pray to God like this, that He might illumine your mind and open to you the power of His words. Many, having trusted in their own reason, have turned away into deception.

+ St. Ephraim the Syrian

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Soul Saturday Divine Liturgy and Pannykhida beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

Please remember - the stream only broadcasts live services. If you would like to listen to previously recorded and edited services please visit our sound blog:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Presanctified Liturgy and preparatory services beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

Please remember - the stream only broadcasts live services. If you would like to listen to previously recorded and edited services please visit our sound blog:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

Please join us for the second of the three soul Saturdays of this year’s Great Lenten cycle. Due to the feast of the Annunciation falling on a Sunday this year, the day before it (April 6) is not a Soul Saturday. We will still have Liturgy that day, but it will be a non-memorial Saturday. All information about the coming Saturday can be found here:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/soulsa ... -23-19.pdf

Please note that this Friday is a rather significant feast of the Holy Church. On this day we commemorate the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste. This is a rare feast during Great Lent. You can learn more about the martyrs at the links below.

English:

https://oca.org/saints/lives/2019/03/09/100706-40-holy-martyrs-of-sebaste

Russian:

https://days.pravoslavie.ru/name/6972.html

The flyer for the services at St. Vladimir’s is here – please note that Liturgy will start earlier (because a lot of the Great Lenten pieces of the services this day are set aside due to the feast):

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/40martyrs2019.pdf

Please join us as your schedule allows!

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Presanctified Liturgy beginning at 6:00 p.m. (we might be finishing the preparatory Great Lenten Services until about 6:30 p.m.) at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

Please remember - the stream only broadcasts live services. If you would like to listen to previously recorded and edited services please visit our sound blog:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

This week we have our first evening Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesday. Following the Liturgy we have a Lenten Pot Luck. Please contact our Head Sister, Leta Nikulshina, to let her know what you can bring to the Pot Luck: letanikulshina@gmail.com. Here is the flyer for the service to share – please note the fasting requirements for those partaking of Holy Communion:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/presan ... -20-19.pdf

Blessed the one who farms fair and good thoughts each day and by hope conquers the wicked passion of despondency, by which the Lord’s ascetics are warred upon.

+ St. Ephraim the Syrian

PLEASE JOIN US AS YOUR PERSONAL SCHEDULE ALLOWS!

Imagine that someone, while standing before a king and conversing with him, at the summons of a servant like unto himself leaves the king and begins to converse with that servant; such also is he who engages in conversation and gives himself over to distraction during the divine service.

+ St. Ephraim the Syrian