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St.Vladimir Orthodox Church

3163 Purcell's Cove Road, Halifax, NS

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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

January 31, 2025

Thirty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Zaccheaus Sunday)

Tone 7
Saturday February 1, 6pm
Vigil

Sunday February 2, 10 am
Divine Liturgy

Where are our clergy?

  • At the time of writing, Fr. David is still recovering from his surgery at home. We continue to pray for him.
  • Fr. Stelian is on vacation for 1 more weekend, then will be serving at the cape the following weekend.
  • Fr. Alexander will be serving this and next weekend, assisted by the deacon.

Around the Corner

  • Saturday February 15 - Meeting of the Lord
    • Divine Liturgy 10 am

Fr. David
Father David would like to thank everyone who has stayed with him since the surgery and helped him to recover (he has been watched over by parishioners continuously since coming home), those who have provided food for him, and all those praying for him. He is getting stronger each and every day, and it is thanks to this parish.

Cape Liturgy
The next Divine Liturgy at the Mission in Cape Breton will be on Sunday February 9th. There will also be services at St. Vladimir's that weekend as usual.

Fundraiser for New Building
The following is a list of recyclables brought to the Beaver Enviro Depot for refund.

  1. pop cans
  2. energy drink cans
  3. beer cans
  4. glass beverage bottles
  5. plastic beverage containers
  6. drink boxes
  7. juice boxes

NO MILK / SOYA / RICE BOTTLES

The goal is to raise $50,000.00

First deposit 4 Jan 25 = $4.35
Second deposit: not counted yet

If parish members would like to help in this initiative, they can do the following:

1. Bring any item list above to church in a blue plastic bag. I will bring any donated recyclables to Beaver Enviro Depot for a refund.

OR

2. Parishioners bring their own recyclables to their local recycling depot for a refund. Place their refund in an envelope labelled donation for fundraising and place in either the donation box or collection plate on Sunday.

Love in Christ
Subdeacon David

-Dcn Michael
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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.

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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 .

Information and pledge forms.

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Mission of St Seraphim of Sarov in Cape Breton

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The Divine Liturgy will be held on Sunday, February 9th at a time a place to be determined. 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: