St.Vladimir Orthodox Church
3163 Purcell's Cove Road, Halifax, NS
Welcome to the Orthodox parish of St. Vladimir Prince of Kiev
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
November 1, 2024
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Friday November 1 6 pm Vespers
Saturday October 26 10 am Divine Liturgy
St. Demetrius Saturday
6 pm Vigil
Sunday October 27 10 am Divine Liturgy
Tone 2
The Archbishop has granted permission for me to be away from the parish for most of the month of November. I shall be visiting friends in BC and my Niece and her family in Cochrane, Alberta.
There has been considerable concern about Leslee. I can tell you that her son called an ambulance and that she was discharged from the emergency department and that all the tests were OK. She is presently under the care of and staying with her son.
Just around the corner:
- November 2 - St. Demetrius Saturday
- Friday November 1 - Vespers 6 pm
- Saturday November 2 - Liturgy 10 am
- November 2/3 Clocks go back an hour.
- November 23 Singer's Saturday
Way - Way ahead
- November 28 - Nativity Fast begins (there's a binder of recipes at the back of the church and lots of recipes on line).
- December 4 - Entry of Theotokos into the Temple
- Tuesday December 3 - Vespers 6 pm
- Wednesday December 4 - Liturgy 10 am
- December 19 - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
- Wednesday December 18 - Vespers 6 pm
- Thursday December 19 - Liturgy 10 am
- December 25 - St. Herman of Alaska
It has been really nice to see Taran (Silouan). He has decided to live in New Brunswick, and to look after his parents and sister. He'll visit often - I hope!
I have been in contact with Anton, through his mother. He is working and has to deal with milk deliveries to a cheese factory. He currently works in caseiculture (a wonderful word for cheese making!). Sunday is the time when milk is delivered to the factory and only certain trained persons can accept the milk and perform the organoleptic testing, amongst other tests; that is what Anton does so it is difficult for him to get to church. I'm working on it!
On Saturday November 23, the choir will be participating in an all day practice. We will be covering technical advice for singer's, polishing some things that we struggle with, reviewing how services are put together and learning new music. After all that work, we will sing the vigil together and also the liturgy on Sunday morning. If you have thought about joining the choir but are shy, this is your chance to try it out. We will gather at church at 11 am and work through until 5 pm. Vigil will be at 6 as usual. Food will be provided. If you would like to participate please let us know so we have enough copies and enough food. If you would like to hear the results of our efforts, come to church for vigil and pray with us.
Thank you
M. Lena and M. Maria
The HMCS Shawinigan is back alongside so we shall look forward to seeing both Andrew and Noah amongst us again. Welcome home!
The Party went well with a fire and hot dogs to roast along with potatoes roasting in an open fire, cookie decorating as well as mask decorating. Thank you to those who organized, especially Shauna and Julian and to those who brought food. I think we all had fun and it was attended well enough to repeat.
May God bless us all,
Love in Christ,
-- Father David
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.
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Mission of St Seraphim of Sarov in Cape Breton
Saint Seraphim of Sarov Mission Facebook group
The Divine Liturgy will be held on Sunday, November 17th at 597 Alder Point Road, Alder Point at 10:30am. Father Stelian will be coming up to serve Liturgy. 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