According to our established parish tradition the men of the parish will take over all kitchen duties on Sunday, May 15 – the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. As evidenced by previous such celebrations, our men do not understand the words “light lunch”, so expect the usual plethora of very tasty food. Please plan to stay with us after Liturgy this coming Sunday to celebrate our hard-working sisters and to enjoy the largess of our brothers' culinary output!

Our 9-12 year old and Teen youth groups will have a joint activity on May 15 – Zap Zone! Yes – perhaps shooting each other right after celebrating the Lord's Resurrection is not the most appropriate thing to do, but since this is for fun and no one is to be hurt we're going to do it! The best part: you'll get to shoot Fr. Gregory and you won't even have to go to Confession afterwards for doing it! And it is all FREE! Join us to visiting the sign up here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f48aea6292-zapzone

The first pannykhida after Pascha is served on the second Tuesday after the feast. This is actually 40 days before Pentecost and is the reason for the set date. In any case, most folks work on Tuesdays so we have a tradition to visit the cemeteries on Thomas Sunday and share the Paschal Joy with our departed loved ones on this day and we did so yesterday. On Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. we will serve Vespers & Matins for Radonitsa and on Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy followed by a pannykhida. Please join us as your schedule allows!

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!