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 14, 2024
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Saturday November 16 6 pm Vigil
Sunday November 17 10 am Divine Liturgy
Tone 4
Saturday November 16 6 pm Vespers (St. Michael the Archangel)
There will be catechumen lessons at the mission and also at the parish this Sunday at 1pm. We are continuing with our study of the booklet - I am Orthodox, What Does that Mean? - We will cover fasting - questions 23 and 24 this week.
Join here over zoom as usual.
Where are our clergy this week?
- Fr. David is away until the end of the month on holidays - We miss you Fr. David.
- Fr. Stelian will be going to the mission on Saturday and serving liturgy there on Sunday.
- Fr. Alexander and Deacon Michael will be looking after the parish and the services this weekend.
Confessions
If you would like to go to confession, please try and come on Saturday evening or early Sunday morning as Fr. Alexander will be on his own and won't have time to hear confessions during liturgy on Sunday.
There will be a work day at Church on Saturday November 16 starting around 9 am
Just around the corner:
- Saturday November 16 - Work Day
- Wednesday November 20 - Vespers 6 pm St. Michael the Archangel
- Saturday November 23 - Singer's Saturday
- November 28 - Nativity Fast begins (there's a binder of recipes at the back of the church and lots of recipes on line).
Way - Way ahead
- 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
- Wednesday December 25 - Divine Liturgy 10 am St. Herman of Alaska
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 OCA at large is organizing a virtual Christmas Concert that will be live streamed on YouTube, December 25th (New Calendar Christmas Day). Choirs from OCA churches across North America will be participating. We are hoping to be able to send in a submission representing our parish. We would like to also include the children. If your children would like to participate, please send an email to Matushka Maria at mrsmariacherry (at) gmail (dot) com. Rehearsals will be held on Sundays upstairs in the church after children have had a bite to eat. The children will need to spend a little time practicing with a recording and learning the words with parental help. We will be recording sometime in December to send our submissions in.
Mat. Lena and Mat. Maria
If you would like something included in the bulletin, please contact Deacon Michael before Thursday, until Fr. David's return.
- 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!
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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, 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