St.Vladimir Orthodox Church

April 13, 2024

Fourth Sunday of Lent: St. John of the Ladder

Saturday April 13 10:00am Liturgy of the Departed
Vigil 6:00pm (notice how short the Vigil is! When I came to the parish Vespers took just over an hour. Now, the Vigil (Vespers and Matins) takes about an hour and a quarter!) Try it.

Sunday April 14 Divine Liturgy 10:00am
Tone 4

Wednesday April 17 6:00pm Great Canon of St. Andrew (complete)

Thursday April 18 6:00pm Presanctified Liturgy

Friday April 19 6:00pm Akathist to the Mother of God

This week we were blessed to celebrate the Baptism of two of our youngest; Andrei and Luke, the babies of Vladimir (Ryan) and Martha (Jessica); and Sergey and Kateryna.

There were so many of the parish to welcome the new members of the congregation. Absolutely brilliant! Pray for them.

Just look at all of the services for next week - exciting! Please come as you can.

Notices

John from the St. Seraphim Mission on Cape Breton is looking for somewhere to stay so he can celebrate Passion Week and Pascha with us. Anyone willing to put him up from April 26 to May 6, please contact him at 902 308 6433. Thank you.

Confessions

I'm sure you have noticed that the priest hearing confessions on Sunday morning is there for almost the whole of the service until he has to go into the altar to receive communion. That means that the priest, usually Father Alexander, is not involved in the priestly prayers and preparations in the altar. It is the priests ordained task to be part of the Liturgy, in the altar. Because of this, I have decided that Sunday confessions will stop just before the Gospel. The time for confessions is from the beginning of the hours at about 9:30 until the Gospel, or before, during, and after Vigil, by telephone, or by arrangement. You may remember my mentioning that we do not expect people to confess each time they go to communion. Communion should be every Liturgy, but confession once a month, unless there is something urgent, of course.

Bulletin

I think the problem with the bulletin has been fixed. Apparently, there was some sort of problem with the backlog of messages. Alina has worked hard to get it all corrected. Thank you, Alina.

Wi-Fi

It is evident that there is a television monitor in the basement of the church. This is not for playing video games or anything like that - it is so that when we have the St. Catherine meeting every two weeks, that's the adult discussion group, parishioners who can't get to us easily can join in the discussion that Dan Wilband leads. It also provides a connection for the Catechumens who can't get to us each week. While we have no intention of making the connection public, we are going to allow the people of the Saint Seraphim Mission on Cape Breton, and Braidyn (Spiridon) in Alberta to join the Paschal Liturgy. His church in Alberta is Ukrainian.

Thanks

Yes. Thanks to Subdeacon James for installing the Wi-Fi and for the lights around the church. Thank you, Jimmy!

Thank you to all the women who have formed the Sisterhood dedicated to the new, or about to be new Saint Olga, a wonderful saint. You know that the women of the church do such wonderful things like organizing food, cleaning, dishwashing, and it is all behind the scenes. Thank you, Heather, for organizing and all for joining in.

Thank you, choir, and altar servants. Thank you, Father Stelian and Father Alexander - where would I be without you all?

Take nothing for granted - we are all God's children!

Love in Christ, and may He bless all of us as we approach Holy Pascha,
-- Father David