St.Vladimir Orthodox Church
3163 Purcell's Cove Road, Halifax, NS
Welcome to the Orthodox parish of St. Vladimir Prince of Kiev
Christ is Risen!
The first thing you will want to know is something about our parish. Let’s start with our patron saint — St.Vladimir: It was through his efforts that the whole of that part of the world and its people known as The Rus, became Christian and Orthodox. Let me tell you that St. Vladimir Orthodox Church has more English language speaking parishioners than any other.
St. Vladimir Parish was started by Father Vladimir Tobin as an English Mission and you would feel right at home. St. Vladimir, our Patron Saint, the Prince of Kiev was instrumental in the conversion of that part of the world, Rus, to Orthodoxy, more than a thousand years ago? The Orthodox Church has been teaching about Jesus Christ for more than 2,000 years, and that it has not altered those incredible teachings? Frequently we get asked, “Do you believe in the Bible?” Our answer has to be, “Of course we do, Orthodox Christians wrote the New Testament!” Orthodox Christians wrote the Gospels, the Epistles, the Acts of the Apostles, and the great Revelation. The Orthodox Church (Orthodox meaning right believing) is the ancient and the modern Christian Church, which stretched and still stretches as far back as to St. Peter and St. Paul, and the other Disciples and Apostles, who, led by the Holy Spirit, traveled The Holy Land and far beyond.
The Orthodox Church may be more than 2000 years old, but we live now, by holding on to Traditional Christian teachings. We live in and are part of the 21st Century. Glory to God!
It would be an adventure to visit St Vladimir Prince of Kiev church, and you would be welcome. We don’t criticize, we don’t judge, and there are lots of children.
Saturday evening at 6pm we serve Vespers, which takes about an hour. Sunday 10am we serve Liturgy, which takes about two hours on a regular Sunday. The coffee time that follows lasts as long as people stay and chat, and eat, and drink tea and coffee. Our people love being in each others’ company so we don’t hurry away.
How did we learn about the Church? By being part of the community. So, we await — to welcome you.
In Christ,
Father David
Rector
Weekly News
April 25th, 2025
Saturday April 26th
6pm Vigil
Sunday April 27th
Thomas Sunday
10am Divine Liturgy
Remember the Lamb Roast after Liturgy
Tuesday April 29th
5pm Funeral for Fr. Vladimir (Tobin) - St. George's Greek Orthodox Church (followed by reception)
Wednesday April 30th
10am Divine Liturgy - St. George's Greek Orthodox Church
2:30pm Interment of Fr. Vladimir at New West Pine United Church Cemetery (followed by reception)
Christ is risen! Indeed He is Risen! In these words rest the core of our faith as Christians. These words will continue to resonate in our Church (and our everyday lives) until the Ascension (May 29th this year). We greet each other with these words when we meet. Other than a few times at the beginning of the service when it is sung by just the priests and deacon, the faithful are encouraged to join in with the choir. This is our faith, this is our hope. The walls should tremble with it!
You can see more Paschal Photos here
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Igumen Vladimir (Tobin), the founder (along with Archimandrite Luc) of this parish of St. Vladimir Prince of Kiev.
You can read more about Fr. Vladimir and his contributions to our parish here
May his memory be eternal!
His funeral will take place at St. George's Greek Orthodox Church at 1146 Purcells Cove Rd, Halifax at 5pm on Tuesday April 29th.
His interment will take place on Wednesday April 30 at 2:30pm at New West Pine United Church Cemetery 3448 Highway 10, Pinehurst, NS. There will be a reception afterward at Pinehurst Community Hall. If you would like to attend, please consider bringing something for the potluck.
Just a reminder that the Archdiocesan council will take place from April 28 to 30th here in Halifax. All are invited to celebrate the Divine Liturgy at St. George's on Wednesday April 30th at 10am with them.
From Mark:
Please take a look in the Lost and Found box above the coat rack. Anything left after this Sunday will be donated. Thank you!
CHRIST IS RISEN!
Dcn. Michael
Service Times
Saturday: 6:00pm Vespers
Sunday: 9:30am Hours, 10:00am Divine Liturgy, followed by coffee hour
See special service times, feasts, and parish events in our online Calendar.
Our parish uses the Old Style Julian calendar.
Capital Campaign
St.Vladimir‘s has begun the journey towards owning a permanent temple. Join Us!
You can Interac E-Transfer your donations now to halifaxorthodox (at) gmail (dot) com.
Mission of St Seraphim of Sarov in Cape Breton
Saint Seraphim of Sarov Mission Facebook group
Due to renovations, the liturgy on Saturday, April 26th has been canceled.
Fr. Stelian will serve the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, May 18 at a location to be determined.
We should all share the date and invite friends and family to come along. Our doors are open to anyone who is interested in experiencing the Divine Liturgy.
For further information, contact: stseraphimofsarovmission (at) gmail (dot) com