St. Vladimir's Parish Bulletins

Schedule of Services for March 2010

Posted by frandrew on 2009-10-07 08:00:12

Saint Vladimir Russo Greek Orthodox Church 6824-128th Ave. Edmonton, AB  T5C 1S7          Church phone: (780) 476.2381 Archpriest Andrew Kencis, Rector (780) 325.2357 e-mail: frandrew@monasterypress.com Parish Website: http://www.stvladimirs.ca/ Schedule for MARCH 2010 (Dates given as follows: Civil Calendar/ Church Calendar)
	Sat. March 6/Feb. 21 Sun. March 7/Feb. 22 Sunday of the Adoration of the Cross Third Sunday of Great Lent NO SERVICES Sat. March 13/Feb. 28 Sun. March 14/March 1 Sunday of St. John Climacus Fourth Sunday of Great Lent Wed. March 17/March 4 Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 7:00 PM Sat. March 20/March 7 Sun. March 21/March 8 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt Fifth Sunday of Great Lent Sat. March 27/March 14 Sun. March 28/March 15 PALM SUNDAY THE LORD’S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM Fr. Andrew will be in Ottawa for a Diocesan Conference from March 5-7. On the Feast of Palm Sunday, fish is permitted. Holy Week follows. Name Day Greetings: Alexis Fraese                     St. Alexis Man of God             March 30/March 17 Pat Thorpe                         St. Patrick of Ireland                March 30/March 17 "...we must never blame our birth or anyone but ourselves for our sinful actions, because if the soul chooses to be indolent, it cannot resist temptation." ~St. Anthony the Great "The Lord permits our sufferings in order that we might feel our weakness and strive more fervently towards the source of every good thing, our Creator, who gives everyone what is profitable." ~ St. John Maximovich

Schedule of Holy Week Services for 2010

Posted by frandrew on 2009-04-19 15:37:16

	Holy Week Services in Edmonton, 2010 Holy Wednesday March 31 N.S. (March 18th, o.s.) 6 pm Small Compline, Matins, First Hour Confessions Holy Thursday April 1 n.s. (March 19, o.s.) 10 am Vespers & Liturgy of St. Basil 6 pm Matins & Twelve Passion Gospels Holy Friday April 2 n.s. (March 20 o.s.) 8 am Royal Hours & Typica 2 pm Vespers with the bringing out of the Shroud Small Compline Confessions 6 pm Lamentation Matins & First Hour Confessions Holy Saturday April 3 n.s. (March 21 o.s. ) 12 noon Vespers & Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 8 pm Reading of the Acts of the Apostles 11:30 Midnight Office Holy and Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Pascha Sunday April 4 n.s. ( March 22 o.s. ) 12 midnight Procession around Church, Paschal Matins & hours Paschal Liturgy followed by the blessing of the Artos and the Paschal baskets Festal meal following Christ is Risen! In Truth He is Risen!

A Lenten Epistle

Posted by frandrew on 2009-04-19 15:21:48

	A Lenten Epistle to the God-loving Pastors and Faithful of the South American Diocese Beloved honorable Fathers, brothers and sisters in Christ! The time of Great Lent is at hand. In the yearly cycle in the life of the Church, the coming days are days of repentance. We celebrated the Nativity of Christ and Theophany, and since the feast day of Theophany, we have heard sermons on repentance. The preaching of St. John the Baptist, the beginning of the preaching of Jesus Christ, the tale of Zacchaeus, the parables of the Publican and the Pharisee, the Prodigal Son, the story of the Last Judgment, the approaching Forgiveness Sunday, and later, Pascha. Such is the cycle of church life, feast days, lenten periods, feast days, which mirrors everyday life - peaceful, tranquil days, contentment, joy, and then, whether as a result of sin or external disasters - sorrow, troubles,dangers and worries. In the cycle of each person's life, as well as of a people, Great Lent and Pascha draw near in equal measure to the repentance of each person and of all. The spirit of repentance is like a fire, it starts in one place and spreads further. The history of the Russian people; St. Vladimir, the baptism of Russia, the Mongol yoke, the Muscovy kingdom, the Time of Troubles, the crowning of Mikhail Fedorovich, 300 years of the might and glory of Russia, the calamity of the Revolution, the tragic years of communism, the scattering of the Russian people, are the Great Lents and Paschas of history. The spirit of repentance ignites in disparate people and then spreads to others, as in the case of the ascetics in the monasteries or forests, like St. Sergius of Radonezh or St. Seraphim of Sarov. And now the spirit of repentance smolders in the hearts of many, and when it bursts into flame, the deliverance will arrive - the Pascha of our Lord. Let us yearn to join with this spirit. No one can be forced to repent. Each of us must strive to light the spark of repentance in ourselves. Let each of us begin this repentance in the accepted manner knowing that it will be a spark to enflame repentance in our families, parishes, in all of society, in the country where we live and in our Homeland! I humbly ask you all for forgiveness and your holy prayers! With love to you all, +Gregory Bishop of Sao Paulo and South America