Time to make your plans for Holy Week and Bright Week! You'll want to make sure you get those services in your schedule early in which you intend to participate. Where could you find that schedule you ask? Please see the link below!
HOLY WEEK 2024 AT STV

A. Please Read and Share: Archbishop Peter’s Nativity Epistle
B. Please Watch and Share: Fr. Josiah Trenham on Church Schools and the Future of Orthodoxy
C. Please Read and Share: Interview with Fr. Gregory in the Sun Times
D. Please Watch and Share: Video from Fr. Gregory Regarding our Ann Arbor Orthodox Classical Academy
E. Please Read and Share: How we can Best Support our Parish School on Blogtushka
F. Join us! This is a Parish Family Issue! We are ALL called to hearken until Archbishop Peter’s instructions and ACT! Fr. Gregory’s video and the piece on Blogtushka give us the details of how we do this at STV. Join the winning team – invest in our school to invest in our parish to invest in the spread of Orthodox Christianity in Michigan to invest in the spread of Orthodox Christianity in America. It starts with us! It can be as small as http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/A2OCAf ... ]SHARING THIS FLYER[/url]. Let us labor in the Lord’s Vineyard!

During Great Lent at all weekday services, and on many Saturdays (beginning even before Great Lent with the first Soul Saturday on March 9) the departed are specially commemorated.

Other Soul Saturdays this Great Lent:

April 13
You can arrange commemoration of your friends and loved ones by visiting our special page in this regard here:

COMMEMORATIONS AT THE DIVINE LITURGY
There is lots of good information there and you should read that all at some point. If you don’t have time to do that now please visit our on-line form to submit names (under the commemoration of the departed you can choose “Great Lent 2024: All Weekday Services + Soul Saturdays”):

COMMEMORATION ON-LINE SUBMITAL FORM
If you are in a financial position to make a donation for commemorating your loved ones you can do that here – if you aren’t this is not a problem since the Church does not charge for prayer, but is thankful for donations in this regard:

DONATIONS AT STV

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 Various Ages: from the Antiochian Archdiocese (various age groups)

With Archbishop Peter's blessing we present this amazing film - during Great Lent! A GREAT way to introduce a friend or loved one to Orthodox Christianity!

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Evening Presanctified Liturgies ~ Литургия Преждеосвященных Даров 2024

Wednesday, April 10
THURSDAY, April 18
Wednesday, April 24

Matins & Great Lenten Hours
Утреня и великопостные
часы 3:00 p.m.

Presanctified Liturgy
Литургия Преждеосвященных Даров ~6:00 p.m.

Following Liturgy: Lenten Dinner ~ После Литургии: Постный Ужин
The Liturgical Fast for those communing begins after breakfast. In other words, you may eat breakfast, but eat or drink nothing further after that. Parents should use their best judgment regarding their children, as always. Those who confessed on the weekend prior to the Wednesday Presanctified need not confess again on/before Wednesday.

Пост для причащающихся начинается после завтрака, т.е. можно позавтракать, но не пить и не есть после завтрака. Как всегда, родители должны сами решить, что лучше всего подходит для детей. Исповедовавшиеся в предшествующую субботу или воскресенье в среду могут не исповедоваться.

Infants do not commune at this Liturgy ~ Младенцы не причащаются на этой Литургии

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Through Holy Communion, the man of faith becomes one body with Christ, one compound, one mixture. This happens not in some theoretical sense, but actually and existentially. Christ in His love for us ‘was not content only to become man, to endure buffeting and be killed, but even mingled Himself with us. He changes us into His own Body, not in faith only, but in reality.’

“The Divine Liturgy – A Commentary in the Light of the Fathers” by Hieromonk Gregorios
Quotations from St. John Chrystostom

"This is the cause of all evils: the ignorance of the Scriptures. We go into battle without arms, and how ought we to come off safe?" -St. John Chrysostom, Homily IX on Colossians.

In order to help increase the general knowledge of scripture in our parish family we present here for your edification the scripture readings for the coming week. At least one Gospel Reading and one Epistle reading are assigned for each day of the year (although during Great Lent the readings are from the Old Testament). Hearing or reading only those readings appointed for Sunday merely scratches the surface of the great spiritual wealth that the scriptures provide us. Some of the readings are easily understandable – others are less so. As Orthodox Christians we do not make private interpretation of scripture, but rather consult the fathers of the Church for their explanations to aid us in our understanding. Those wishing to have access to such explanations are asked to contact Fr. Gregory or inquire in the kiosk for further reading in this regard. Bibles may also be acquired in the kiosk.

Monday: Isaiah 14:24-32, Genesis 8:21-9:7, Proverbs 11:19-12:6
Tuesday: Isaiah 25:1-9, Genesis 9:8-17, Proverbs 12:8-22
Wednesday: Isaiah 26:21-27:9, Genesis 9:18-10:1, Proverbs 12:21-13:9
Thursday: Isaiah 28:14-22, Genesis 10:32-11:9, Proverbs 13:20-14:6
Friday: Isaiah 29:13-23, Genesis 12:1-7, Proverbs 14:15-26
Saturday: Hebrews 6:9-12 & Mark 7:31-37

Понедельник: Исаии 14:24-32, Бытия 8:21-9:7, Причти 11:19-12:6
Вторник: Исаии 25:1-9, Бытия 9:8-17, Причти 12:8-22
Среда: Исаии 26:21-27:9, Бытия 9:18-10:1, Причти 12:21-13:9
Четверг: Исаии 28:14-22, Бытия 10:32-11:9, Причти 13:20-14:6
Пятница: Исаии 29:13-23, Бытия 12:1-7, Причти 14:15-26
Суббота: Евр. 6:9-12 & от Марка 7:31-37

Please find below several very nice articles on how to read the scripture from an Orthodox point of view.

By St. Justin (Popovich)

By Bishop Kalistos (Ware)