The feast of St. Michael and all the Angels is held annually on November 8/21. At St. Vladimir's we will have Vigil on November 20 at 6:00 p.m. and Divine Liturgy on November 21 at 8:00 a.m. Please join us as your schedule allows! We congratulate all our Michaels, Michaelas, Gabriels, Gabrielas, Raphaels, Raphaelas, and all others named after the angels in our parish! Learn more about the holy angels at the links below.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/11/08/ ... ess-powers

Russian:

http://www.pravoslavie.ru/put/49947.htm

Please find the annual appeal for the St. John Kochurov Society here:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets ... al2014.pdf

Our parish has had the largest number of members of this society since its inception in 2009. The society supports Youth, Missions, and Monasteries in the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America. That is our diocese! :) Please help if you can. Even a small donation can make a big difference when it is added to many other small donations.

Please feel free to share this information with others – the more people we can get to be members of the St. John Society the more support we can provide for these worthy endeavors in our diocese!

The yearly feast of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica is November 8 on the civil calendar. That date is this tomorrow! At St. Vladimir's we have the unique blessing to have the relics of St. Demetrius in the foundation of our parish church. Therefore, it is both our duty and our pleasure to hold Divine Services on the feast of St. Demetrius each year. We will mark the feast with Vigil this evening at 6:00 p.m. and Divine Liturgy at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. This is very big day for our parish - a sort of second patronal feast. Please join us as your schedule allows! Learn more about St. Demetrius at the links below.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/10/26/ ... essalonica

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life4593.htm

Of course we are joking – it is GOOD to come to the Divine Services early, but we also want you to remember that we “fall back” one hour on Sunday, November 2, 2014. That is, Daylight Savings Time ends and we adjust our clocks before going to bed by turning them back by one hour. If you forget do not worry – confessions begin at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday in any case, so you will really be right on time! :)

The memorial Saturday which falls before the feast of the Great Martyr Demetrius generally falls on the Saturday proceeding St. Demetrius' commemoration, October 26/November 8. This year, however, that Saturday is November 1 and the feast of St. John of Kronstadt. Thus, Demetrius Saturday falls two weeks before the feast. At St. Vladimir's the memorial Demetrius Saturday will be celebrated on October 25 at 6:00 p.m. And October 26 at 8:00 a.m. Please join us as your schedule allows! More information about Demetrius Saturday can be found at the links below.

English:

http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/lib ... usSat.html

Russian:

http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/ru/ ... at_ru.html

Please join us for the feast of the Optina Elders this evening at 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. The monastic saints of the Optina monastery are not simply historical personages, but rather are those, as are the other saints of the Church, who have attained a place at the throne of God and entreat Him on our behalf. Thus, they are important for us in our days, just as they were important for those who were their contemporaries. Please learn more about the Optina Elders at the links below and please join us this evening and tomorrow morning as your schedule allows!

English:

http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/lib ... ptina.html

Russian:

http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/ru/ ... na_ru.html

Please note that the memorial services for Demetrius Saturday have been moved. Since we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the glorification of St. John of Kronstadt on November 1 the services for Demetrius Saturday has been moved to TWO Saturdays (rather than the usual one Saturday) before the feast of St. Demetrius. Thus, Evening Services for Demetrius Saturday are set for 6:00 p.m. on October 24 with Divine Liturgy on October 25 at 8:00 a.m. followed by a pannykhida for all departed parish family members. Please join us!

Today marks the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God. This is the patronal feast day of our Diocesan Cathedral in Des Plaines/Chicago, IL and thus there will be no services at St. Vladimir's today. Please join us in wishing a blessed feast day to our brothers and sisters at the Cathedral in Chicago, as well as those in our other diocesan parishes celebrating their feast days today as well. Below please find a short explanation of the feast.

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/10/01/ ... d-and-ever

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1638.htm

Following the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 12 we will have a short memorial for the departed in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the repose of our parish's first Starosta, Milivoje Radulovic. Please plan to join us and if you cannot – please especially remember Milo in your prayers on the anniversary of his repose.

Please join us for our planned adult discussion group meetings at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates:

September 12, 2014
October 30, 2014
November 21, 2014
December 19, 2014

Lenten snacks and sweets will be offered at the meetings (except for October 30, which is not a fast day). All meetings will take place at Fr. Gregory's home in Saline, MI. Topics will be determined in advance and suggestions are welcome to Fr. Gregory at ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org – please join us! At the request of some of our parish family we will include more catechetical information in our discussions. These will not be catechism classes by any means, but there are ways to learn more about our faith while discussing contemporary issues and we will do our best to make these discussions both interesting and informative. All are welcome – invite friends!