Свято-Владимирская
Православная церковь
3163 Purcell's Cove Road, Halifax, NS
Добро пожаловать!
You may have heard that the Orthodox Church is strange, that it is foreign; you may think it caters to people who speak languages you don’t and won’t understand. You may even fear the Orthodox Church, after all it is Eastern. You’ve probably heard that it’s for Russians or Greeks or Ukrainians or Arabs. Would you believe it if I told you that St. Vladimir Orthodox Church has more English language speaking parishioners than any other language; it was started as an English Mission? And that you would feel right at home in St. Vladimir Orthodox Church? Did you know that St. Vladimir, our Patron Saint, the Prince of Kiev was instrumental in the conversion of that part of the world to Orthodoxy, more than a thousand years ago? Did you know that 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 as St. Peter and St. Paul, and the other Disciples and Apostles, led by the Holy Spirit, travelled, 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 they don’t hurry away.
How do we learn about the Church? By being part of the community, so we wait to welcome you.
Благослови вас Господь!
о. Давид,
ректор
Новости
March 7th, 2025
Saturday March 8
6 pm Vigil
Please remember that the clocks will jump forward by one hour between Vigil and Liturgy. Atlantic Daylight Time will begin. (Not an excuse to stay home!)
Sunday March 9
10 am Divine Liturgy
Tone 4
Wednesday March 12
10 am Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Saturday March 15
10 am Memorial Liturgy
The Catechumen Class will be on Sunday at 1 pm 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 18, 19, and 20. Please note the new link. We now are using Teams rather than Zoom. You can join by Teams here. You can download the PDF for free here.
Did you notice how full our church was for the service of Forgiveness? That is always a service full of emotion. People going to people they know, or do not know and, asking for forgiveness and forgiving - and there is usually a hug involved. That is purely brilliant.
We have been invited to join with Father Maximus and his people to celebrate the Triumph of Orthodoxy on Sunday, March 9th at 6pm. We will meet at St. Antonios Church (2480 Windsor St, Halifax, NS B3K 5B9) and there will, I'm sure, be a procession and a Lenten but delicious repast afterwards. Please come if at all possible.
I notice that there are lots of the Parish Calendars left. You need one for your wall so please take an English or Russian/English one as necessary. They cost us $15 if you can please donate but if not, take one anyway. It will tell you about the fasting rules and other things.
The Archdiocesan Council meeting will be held at St. Vladimir's from April 28-30. If you are able to help billet any of the council members for these dates, please contact Fr. Stelian. We have at least 5 that need billeting.
You can download the schedule for lent here. You can download the translation here.
There is a general Baptism of Catechumens on Lazarus Saturday (April 12) at 10 am, If you would like to be baptized, 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 )
May God bless all of us and strengthen us for the continuing fast. It takes strength - we all know that.
Lots of Love in Christ,
Father David
Расписание служб
Суббота: 18:00 Вечерня
Воскресенье: 9:30 Часы; 10:00 Божественная Литургия
См. расписание богослужений, праздники, события приходской жизни в нашем онлайновом календаре.
Наш приход следует старому стилю (Юлианскому календарю).
Пожертвования
Свято-Владимирский приход начал кампанию по сбору средств для постройки или покупки собственного храма. Присоединяйтесь!
Вы можете послать пожертвования через Interac e-Transfer на электронный адрес halifaxorthodox (at) gmail (dot) com.
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The Divine Liturgy will be held on Saturday, March 8th at 17 Marconi St, Glace Bay. Fr. Panayiotis 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.
Электронный адрес для связи: stseraphimofsarovmission (at) gmail (dot) com