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
June 6, 2025
Saturday June 7
6pm Vigil
Sunday June 8
Pentecost
10am Divine Liturgy
Followed by Kneeling Prayers
1pm Catechumen Discussion
This is a fast-free week!
"1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." (Acts 2)
19th Century Russian Icon of Pentecost
If you search for 19th century Russian Icon of Pentecost, you should find an explanation of all the elements of the icon. There are several and worth looking up. (You can read more about Pentecost here. You can read more about this icon here and here)
There will be a short catechumen session this Sunday (in light of the feast day and kneeling prayers).
I am going to remind you of something very important: The Parish photo will be taken on the day of our celebration of the patron saint of our parish, St. Vladimir Prince of Kiev. The problem arose, do we celebrate the feast, which is July 28, on the day before which is a Sunday, The Celebration of the Holy Fathers of the first 6 Ecumenical Councils, Saint Aquila of the Seventy and the Martyr Justus, or wait for the Sunday after, which would be August 3 and the Prophet Ezekiel? Since Sunday begins the week, it is only right for the feasting to be during that week so the feasting and photo for our Patronal Festival will be on Sunday July 27, in anticipation of the next day.
There are a couple of other things I must remind you about: the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul falls on July 12, which means two things, First, there will be a Liturgy on July 12 at 10am, which is a Saturday and so there will be a Great Vespers served on Friday July 11 at 6pm, as usual AND The Apostles Fast begins on June 16 and lasts until the feast of The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul!
Sub Deacon David Decaire will be promoted to the rank of Master Warrant Officer in late July or early August. Please congratulate him.
May God bless all of us
Love in Christ
Father David
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
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