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.
Благослови вас Господь!
о. Давид,
ректор
Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Tone 2
Saturday December 28, 6pm
Vespers
Panikhida
Sunday December 29, 10 am
Divine Liturgy
Did you notice the snowfall?
Did it stop us from serving the Liturgy? No! all the clergy arrived - some of us with the help of others. Brilliant! But I think I need a 4-wheel drive car. My little Ford is very good but it doesn't like the snow-covered slipway up from the road to the church.
Now some brilliant news. We are expecting His Eminence Archbishop Irenee will be with us for the Liturgy and blessing of water on Saturday January 18th
Monday January 6 - Vesperal Liturgy 10am - This is the Liturgy of Christmas Eve
Vigil and Divine Liturgy 10pm - This is the Liturgy of Christmas Day
(Please note: You can receive Communion at the morning Liturgy on January 6, as well as at the Christmas Liturgy starting at 10pm, since Communion is on different days!)
January 18 - Saturday - 10am Liturgy - Blessing of Water with Archbishop Irenee.
January 19 - Sunday - Theophany
Divine Liturgy and Blessing of Water followed by the Blessing of the Atlantic Ocean and swim (I hope many men and women will be brave enough to jump into the ocean to retrieve the cross, please see Sergey who will arrange hot coffee and a snack for those who dare dip!)
Dan forwarded this information about the movie: Sacred Alaska
Sacred Alaska Now Available
Our initial release Sacred Alaska is now available on Vimeo OTT.
https://sacredalaska.vhx.tv/
You can now purchase, rent, or even gift Sacred Alaska digitally. The film will soon be available for digital release and downloads on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Google Play in early 2025. It's currently awaiting approval on these platforms, which can take several weeks, but we'll announce the official release dates as soon as they're confirmed.
In addition, physical DVDs are in production, and we hope to begin shipping them in the next few weeks.
Exciting updates:
Sacred Alaska recently won awards at two film festivals this fall: the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival and Quo Vadis, an Orthodox Christian film festival held in Iasi, Romania. We're incredibly grateful for these honors!
The film is currently available with subtitles in Greek, Russian, Romanian, and Norwegian, with Serbian and German subtitles expected in the coming months. Thank you all for your continued support, encouragement, and for following this journey.
Way ahead - Sunday February 23 - Meatfare!
April 20 - Holy Pascha (and Western Easter)
May God bless us all.
Love in Christ - to all,
Father David
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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.
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