“Speak well of those who speak evil of you.

Pay good for evil.

Pray for those who cause you various offenses, wrongs, temptations, persecutions.

Whatever you do, on no account condemn anyone; do not even try to judge whether a person is good or bad, but keep your eyes on that one evil person for whom you must give an account before God–yourself.”

+ St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

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On August 22 our Church School faculty met with our Church School Coordinator, Alexandra Pyrozhenko. The meeting was marked by a spirit of cooperation and with great zeal to execute the ministry of teaching our children and young adults the important aspects of their faith they will need to persist as active members of the Holy Church as adults. The Church School Year will begin on September 21, on the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. That day all Church School students are invited to attend the Divine Liturgy, partake of the Holy Mysteries, and prepare a gift for the Mother of God: a poem, a song, art work, etc. - each child should use the talents the Lord has given him or her to prepare a gift for our most important intercession before the Lord.

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Please join us in participating in our most important outreach to our local community of the year – the Ann Arbor Russian Festival! WE NEED YOU! And when we prepare for and participate in such a shared effort we grow closer as a parish family. We increase trust, friendship, and love in our midst! We help others by introducing them to our Orthodox Faith, and by raising money for charity. And we help ourselves by strengthening our parish family bonds and raising money for our parish. What a great thing! Sign up today to volunteer for the festival:

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“The Lord remained silent before Pilate and Herod; He made no attempt to justify Himself. You must imitate His holy and wise silence when you see that your enemies accuse you, with every intention of certain conviction; they accuse only with the purpose of hiding their own evil intention under the guise of judgment.”

+ St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

The dates for the 2019 Ann Arbor Russian Festival are set: September 14-15, 2019! SAVE THE DATE! Take out a pen (not a pencil) and get this in your calendar now!

VOLUNTEERS! Please sign up now at this link:

VOLUNTEER AT THE 2019 FESTIVAL
Thank you to all who make the 2018 festival GREAT! Join us next year to make 2019 even better!

On August 22 our Church School faculty met with our Church School Coordinator, Alexandra Pyrozhenko. The meeting was marked by a spirit of cooperation and with great zeal to execute the ministry of teaching our children and young adults the important aspects of their faith they will need to persist as active members of the Holy Church as adults. The Church School Year will begin on September 21, on the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. That day all Church School students are invited to attend the Divine Liturgy, partake of the Holy Mysteries, and prepare a gift for the Mother of God: a poem, a song, art work, etc. - each child should use the talents the Lord has given him or her to prepare a gift for our most important intercession before the Lord.

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Unfortunately, due to a lack of registrants, the Walk of Life Pilgrimage has to be canceled for this year. Many, many thanks to all who worked so hard to prepare for the walk, and many condolences! Unfortunately so few people registered that it simply made no sense to expend so many resources for such a small number. May God reward all who worked so hard in this life and the next – even though the pilgrimage will not take place this year.

As the weather grows warm missionaries from various religions tend to appear at our homes. At St. Vladimir's we have many pamphlets and booklets on the Orthodox Faith that are free for anyone to take. These can be found at the back of the church near the main entrance doors. Please feel free to take information home with you to share with the missionaries that come to visit you. It seems only fair that if they want us to take their information that we offer them information about Orthodox Christianity. Many missionaries have found the Orthodox Church in this way. No one is mandated to do this, but if you would like to you are welcome to. Please feel free to contact Fr. Gregory with questions in this regard.

His Eminence Archbishop Peter will join us on August 28, 2019 for the official ground breaking for the Ann Arbor Orthodox Classical Academy, our parish day school. Please save the date now! Vespers will be held at 6:00 p.m., followed by a festive procession to the building site, the official ground breaking, and a reception. More information about the Ann Arbor Orthodox Classical Academy can be found at the school web site:

ANN ARBOR ORTHODOX CLASSICAL ACADEMY WEB SITE

Please plan to join us on Wednesday evening, August 28!

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