Tomorrow at the end of the Divine Liturgy we will take up the Paschal Artos - the special bread blessed at the Paschal Divine Liturgy and present in the parish church for each of the Divine Services of Bright Week) and process one last time around the church singing the Paschal hymns. Upon re-entering the church a special prayer for the cutting of the Artos is read. The Artos is then distributed to the faithful as a special blessing at the kissing of the cross. Please join us for this special opportunity to bid farewell to Bright Week and to partake of the Artos according to the ancient tradition of the Holy Church!

The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava was destroyed by a massive fire on Sunday May 1 – the day of the Resurrection of our Lord. On Sunday, May 8 at St. Vladimir's we will take up a special collection to help our brothers and sisters in Christ to rebuild this historic parish church. Please help as you can. If you cannot be there but would like to help please contact our Starosta, Nathaniel Longan or our Treasurer, Marina Edwards. And please keep those who are suffering from the destruction of their temple in your prayers this Bright Week!

Please join us on Sunday May 15 for our annual Paschal Egg Hunt and our Church School's Paschal play. Come for Liturgy and stay for all the fun! Mark your calendars now!

Please join us for the annual commemoration of St. George the Great Martyr at St. Vladimir's! This year St. George falls during Bright Week, so the celebration will be quite Paschal in character. But St. George will not be forgotten by any means! Liturgy at 8:00 a.m. Please find the life of St. George below.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/04/23/ ... ker-george

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life918.htm

There will be no evening services tonight as originally planned. There will be Liturgy tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. as scheduled. Please spread the word to those you know or suspect were planning to attend the services tonight.

Today marks the feast of the Holy Apostles Nathaniel, Luke, and Clement. And our Starosta is named in honor of the Apostle Nathaniel. Congratulations to Nathan on his name's day! Below please read the life of the Holy Apostle (also know as Apostle Bartholomew). Many years to our Starosta!

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2015/06/11/ ... the-twelve

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1280.htm

At St. Vladimir's we will mark the end of World War II hostilities in Europe with a memorial service and a short concert by our young people singing Russian and American patriotic songs. Please join us this coming Sunday!

Below please find the Paschal Epistle of His Holiness, Patriach Kyrill of Moscow & All Russia.

Christ is Risen!

English:

https://mospat.ru/en/2016/04/30/news130700/

Russian:

https://mospat.ru/ru/2016/04/30/news130700/

As is our usual practice we will visit the graves of our friends and loved ones on Thomas Sunday (May 8) after the parish meal (we should arrive at Forest Hill Cemetery about 2:30 p.m.). For those graves we cannot visit on Thomas Sunday we will visit after the Liturgy on Radonitsa (May 10). On that day we will serve Liturgy at 8:00 a.m. followed by the first Pannykhida after Pascha. Radonitsa will also be the rain date for Thomas Sunday if the weather is particularly bad that day.

Please find the Paschal Epistle of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, below.

Christ is Risen!

English:

http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2016/2016 ... istle.html

Russian:

http://www.synod.com/synod/2016/2016042 ... istle.html