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 28, 2024
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Saturday November 30 6 pm Vespers followed by Panikhida
Sunday December 1 10 am Divine Liturgy
Tone 6
After Liturgy - Choir Recording for Christmas Video
There will be catechumen lessons after liturgy Sunday at 1pm. We are continuing with our study of the booklet - I am Orthodox, What Does that Mean? - We will cover questions 2-4 (The Trinity, The Son, and the Holy Spirit).
Join here over zoom as usual.
Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
Tuesday December 3 6 pm Vespers
Wednesday December 4 10 am Divine Liturgy
We pray that Fr. David and Fr. Alexander return safely as we have missed them greatly.
The ordination of Deacon Paisios to the priesthood will be at St. Antonios Church on Saturday at 9am.
Nativity Fast
The Nativity fast has started today (November 28). If you were not able to attend the lesson two Sundays ago and/or have questions about fasting, please speak to one of our priests.
Choir Recording
This Sunday after liturgy, the choir will be recording the Christmas video for the OCA web site. Please be respectful and quiet while the choir does their recording. Thank you.
Teaching Liturgies
There will be two teaching liturgies. One on December 8 at the mission and the other on December 15 at St. Vladimir's. Please try to be on time. The teaching liturgy will have lots of mini sermons explaining the parts of the liturgy as they happen.
Cape Breton Liturgy
The next liturgy at the mission of St. Seraphim in Cape Breton will be on December 8. Fr. Stelian will be going. As stated above, this will be a teaching liturgy.
Just around the corner:
- December 4 - Entry of Theotokos into the Temple
- Tuesday December 3 - Vespers 6 pm
- Wednesday December 4 - Divine Liturgy 10 am
- December 8 - Teaching Divine Liturgy at Cape Breton (normal Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir's)
- December 15 - Teaching Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir's
- December 19 - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
- Wednesday December 18 - Vespers 6 pm
- Thursday December 19 - Divine Liturgy 10 am
- Wednesday December 25 - Divine Liturgy 10 am St. Herman of Alaska
Father David will be back and handling the contents of the next bulletin.
- 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.
PayPal:
Mission of St Seraphim of Sarov in Cape Breton
Saint Seraphim of Sarov Mission Facebook group
The Divine Liturgy will be held on Sunday, December 8th 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