Thank God, we have received a beautiful gift for our parish – a copy of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. We will place this icon in a prominent place – above the icon of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco. But we will need an icon to go above St. Xenia too – otherwise the balance of the iconography will be quite out of sorts. The perfect icon to bring us back to symmetry would be an icon of St. Job of Pochaev of the same size.

We have decided to crowd fund this – so everyone can add their part and pay for the icon of St. Job together as a parish family. Please make a donation today – and if we all do this together we’ll get this paid for very quickly! -Fr. Gregory

MAKE A DONATION FOR THE ST. JOB OF POCHAEV ICON

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)

This Saturday, May 21, following the Divine Liturgy (about 10:00 a.m.) we will have a work party for our parish Brotherhood. We need to do some preparation around the cemetery before additional fencing is installed next week. It is important to RSVP! We have to be ready for the right number of workers. To RSVP please email info@stvladimiraami.org. If we get a reasonable number of folks we’ll be done by noon!

Friends,

Christ is Risen!

I am sorry to report that Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, reposed in the Lord Monday, May 16, 2022 at about 2:00 p.m. in New York City. Please remember the newly-reposed Metropolitan in your prayers!

With Archbishop Peter’s blessing we will serve the Rite after the Departure of the Soul at St. Vladimir’s Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. Evening Services for the feast of Mid-Pentecost will begin immediately after the memorial service.

Funeral information will be conveyed here when it is known.

Indeed He is Risen!

Fr. Gregory

On Tuesday evening we will hold Evening Services at 6:00 p.m. in preparation for Divine Liturgy for Mid-Pentecost on Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy will be followed by our Pre-K catechism at 10:00 a.m. More information and a sign up sheet for our Pre-K catechism can be found here:

WEDNESDAY CATECHISM
In addition, we will hold our weekly Akathist for the Ill at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening. We also have our All English cycle of Divine Services this Friday at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday t 8:00 a.m. This is the annual commemoration of St. John the Theologian, so please invite friends and loved ones to join us!

If you cannot come to the Evening Services or Liturgy please try to join us on one of our live streams:

STV LIVE STREAMS
As of August 20, 2021 we recommend (but do not mandate) masking for indoor activities.

With the mask of good remaining in fallen nature, the enemy strives to draw everyone away from Christ, cunningly showing that fallen good is the only good, which is the way it seems to someone who does not know the teachings of Christ. Regardless of all the seductions of the enemy, whoever would adhere to the Gospel teachings must unavoidably experience a struggle within himself. Fallen nature loves itself and loves this world, while the Gospel requires self-sacrifice and love of God. Therefore the two can never be reconciled.

Venerable Nikon of Optina
Living without Hypocrisy

"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: Acts 10:1-16 & John 6:56-69
Tuesday: Acts 10:21-33 & John 7:1-13
Wednesday: Acts 14:6-18 & John 7:14-30
Thursday: Acts 10:34-43 & John 8:12-20
Friday: Acts 10:44-11:10 & John 8:21-30
Saturday: Acts 12:1-11 & John 8:31-42

Понедельник: Деян. 10:1-16 и от Иоанна 6:56-69
Вторник: Деян. 10:21-33 и Иоанна 7:1-13
Среда: Деян. 14:6-18 и от Иоанна 7:14-30
Четверг: Деян. 10:34-43 и от Иоанна 8:12-20
Пятница: Деян. 10:44-11:10 и от Иоанна 8:21-30
Суббота: Деян. 12:1-11 и от Иоанна 8:31-42

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

By St. Justin (Popovich):

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/bible_how.aspx

By Bishop Kalistos (Ware):

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/ware_howto.aspx

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Divine Liturgy beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the following link:

ST. VLADIMIR AUDIO LIVE STREAM
VIDEO LIVE STREAM
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:

SOUND OF THE PARISH BLOG
If you would like to view past services please visit our YouTube page:

ST. VLADIMIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Our parish Sunday publications are available now at the link below. Find our Prayer List, "Good News", and "Sunday Reading", plus other parish publications!
PARISH PUBLICATIONS

Confession and Communion are the two sacraments we most often partake of as Orthodox Christians and thus it behooves us to learn about these, how to prepare for these, and how to best take advantage of the Grace that our Lord freely gives us in these sacraments. At St. Vladimir’s we have created a special web site for this purpose with much information in this regard. Please find the web site listed below and please contact Fr. Gregory with questions!

CONFESSION AND COMMUNION AT ST. VLADIMIR'S
PRAYERS BEFORE COMMUNION - PARISH PRAYER KIT