St.Vladimir Orthodox Church
3163 Purcell's Cove Road, Halifax, NS
Welcome to the Orthodox parish of St. Vladimir Prince of Kiev
Christ is Risen!
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
May 30, 2025
Saturday May 31th
6pm Vespers followed by Panakhida
Sunday June 1th
Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
Tone 6
10am Divine Liturgy
This Sunday, we commemorate the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. This council was called to combat early heresies and to define what it is that we believe as Orthodox Christians. To that end, the Council created the first version of the Creed, which would be finalised in the Second Ecumenical Council. You can read more about the First Ecumenical Council on the OCA website here. You can read more about the creed in Fr. Tom Hopko's The Orthodox Faith, available here.
We continue to omit "O, Heavenly King" from our prayer rule. Like the Apostles, we await the coming of the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth on Pentecost. We feel His presence with us constantly, for His is the hand that guides the rudder of the Church as we navigate the storms of this life.
Saturday, May 31 is the 40th day of the repose of Fr. Vladimir, who founded this parish. May his memory be eternal!
Also this Saturday, Fr. Stelian and Mat. Lena will be traveling to Cape Breton to baptize 9 Catechumens and serve the Divine Liturgy on Sunday.
A message from Heather:
Ladies, you are invited to the annual parish baby shower, happening on Wednesday, June 4th at 7pm at 3 Anchor Drive meeting room! Please bring a fast-friendly snack and a baby photo of yourself! To contribute to the group gift, please give cash to Oksana.
Please be sure to send your notes and messages for the bulletin to Fr. David or Dcn. Michael by Wednesday afternoon so we can give our translators time to work on it.
-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.
Mission of St Seraphim of Sarov in Cape Breton
Saint Seraphim of Sarov Mission Facebook group
Fr. Stelian will serve the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, June 1 at 10:30 am at 17 Marconi St, Glace Bay.
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