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
February 21st, 2025
Saturday February 22
10 am Divine Liturgy - Commemoration of the Departed Parish Panikhida
6 pm Vigil
Sunday February 23
10 am Divine Liturgy
Meatfare Sunday
Sunday of the Dread Judgement
The Catechumen Class will be at 1 pm on Sunday, as usual. These are open to everyone who wishes to learn more about our faith (inquirers, catechumens, and Orthodox), but are crucial for any catechumens who are considering baptism in the near future. We will continue with questions 15, 16 and 17. Please join by zoom here. You can download the PDF for free here.
You can download the schedule for lent here. You can download the translation here.
If you have something you would like added to the Bulletin, please forward it to Deacon Michael. He will add it. as space allows.
Jarod our treasurer informs me that the money collected by the children in excess of $300 has been sent to Save the Children. It will be doing good things.
Don't forget to collect for David's fund to buy a new church. The best way to get involved in this is to ask David what he is collecting and how to go about it. I know that some are taking the stuff to the recycling themselves and giving David the proceeds and some are giving David the stuff to take for recycling. Don't for one moment think that one thing is too little. It all adds up. You can also add money to the church's bank account on line, labelled 'Building fund'. Ask Jarod about that.
Can you believe - yesterday we were eating Christmas Cake and now we are at the start of Great Lent. The two might cancel each other out in terms of calories.
Please remember the shut-ins of the parish: Ludmilla, Theresa and the Chechen lady, who some of our parish visit. Please pray for the safe return of Sergey, Kateryna and the boys as they return from holiday. Please pray for Alena as she faces surgery. Continue to pray for Leslee.
I will never get over the generosity and courage of the parishioners who looked after me following my surgery, that I'm still recovering from. The food that was delivered and the lads who looked after me making sure that I was never alone. They had to dress my wound and do all sorts of personal things for me. Again, Thank You.
Whereas the calendars cost $15 dollars, it is important that we all have a copy for our homes. Please make sure you have a calendar. There are some all English and there are some English Slavonic. Please make sure you get the one appropriate for your family. If you have to forgo the $15 please take one anyway.
The Archdiocesan Council meeting will be held at St. Vladimir's from April 30th - May 2. If you are able to help billet any of the council members for these dates, please contact Fr. Stelian.
There is a general Baptism of Catechumens on Lazarus Saturday (April 12) at 10 am, If you would like to be baptised, please speak with Father David or one of the priests.
We have a google calendar, which is kept up to date with the upcoming service schedule. You can find it here and add it to your google calendar with the link at the bottom.
Tax receipts for donations have been sent out by email. If you have not received one yet, please check your Spam folder. If you still cannot find it, please reach out to Jarod ( treasurer (at) halifaxorthodox.org )
-Fr. 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.
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, 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: stseraphimofsarovmission (at) gmail (dot) com