Sound Files: Sunday of the Forefathers + St. Herman of Alaska

Please find the sound files for the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers and the feast of St. Herman of Alaska at the links below. Congratulations to all who celebrate the Nativity of the Lord today! We will celebrate on January 7 (December 25 on the Church Calendar) and we include here the full schedule of Nativity Services at St. Vladimir's HERE. All are welcome! As promised at the end of the Divine Services today please find the life of St. Herman and St. Spyridon (who is also commemorated today) below.

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

LEARN MORE!

Life of St. Herman - English

Life of St. Herman - Russian

Life of St. Spyridon of Thremithus - English

Life of St. Spyridon of Thremithus - Russian

Sound Files for St. Nicholas Divine Services

Please find the sound files from the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker at St. Vladimir's. Thank you to all who made our St. Nicholas celebration today such a resounding success! To those who sang, to those who served, to those who prepared and executed the program, and to everyone else who worked so hard to benefit our children on this, the patron saint of children’s commemoration we say: THANK YOU!!!

Vigil

Liturgy

Learn more about St. Nicholas:

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Russian

Sound Files for the 26th Sunday after Pentecost - Venerable Savva the Sanctified

Please find the sound files for this last Sunday at the links below. Both services were beautifully sung and we thank our hand working choir for their diligent efforts! Please join us in person soon at St. Vladimir's!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

St. Andrew the First Called Apostle

Please find below the sound file from the Liturgy for the Apostle Andrew. We would like to call your attention to the Cherubic Hymn. This is a new arrangement for our parish and we hope dearly that you find it prayerful - we certainly did at the Liturgy! Please join us in person as soon as your personal schedule allows!

Liturgy

Learn more about St. Andrew the First Called Apostle:

English

Russian

25th Sunday after Pentecost, November 28/December 11, 2016

Please find the sound files from Sunday November 28/December 11, 2016 below. This is also the commemoration of St. Stephen the New Venerable Martyr. Please note the katavasia sung at Vigil. This is a new variant of the Nativity Irmos that we've not done before. It was really quite beautiful. Also, the Cherubic Hymn at Liturgy was remarkably beautiful too. That is not to say that you shouldn't listen to all the files in their entirety - you should!

Our live stream had a hiccup today - for some reason the internet conked out midway through the Liturgy. We are looking into that. It could have been the snow, but this is two Sundays in a row so maybe not. Thank you for your patience!

Please join us in person soon at St. Vladimir's!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

Kursk Root Icon - All English Cycle

Please find the sound files from this month's cycle of all English services at the links below. This month we had the honor to serve the Divine Services for the feast of the Kursk Root Icon. We are working on the schedule for next year's all English cycles on a monthly basis. That will be released soon. Please join us as your personal schedule allows and please spread the word - this is a missionary activity! Invite friends, loved ones, and even people you don't really even like that much. The Gospel calls us to love everyone - and sharing the Orthodox Faith is one great way to exhibit this love!

Vespers & Matins

Liturgy

Sts. Catherine & Mercurius

Please find the sound files for the feast of the Great Martyrs Catherine & Mercurius at the links below. Although these two favorites of God had no connection whatsoever in this life except that they were both Christians, their martyrdom took place on the same date (many years apart). We congratulate all our Catherines and our lone, extraordinary Mercurius on their names days!

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Liturgy


Learn more about these saints at the links below.

St. Catherine

St. Mercurius

Вмц. Екатерины

Вмч. Меркурия

Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple

And we're back! After a long struggle with editing software we seem to have been victorious! Over time we will try to create sound files of those services that were missed over the last few months. Thank you for your patience! Please provide feedback about the editing we are doing. Your feedback makes the files we provide better!

Below please find the sound files from the feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God at St. Vladimir's, which was the 24th Sunday after Pentecost this year as well. If you would like to hear the hymn our Weekday Choir sang before communion please go to Congratulations to all with the feast!

Vigil

Pannykhida for Reader Basil Wolff (who reposed on the feast of the Entry)

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Sermon

Learn more about the feast at the links below!

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Russian

Live Stream is now MP3

Note please that our live stream has been migrated to MP3 format. You can find that here:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

It is also available on the navigation bar on the right. We've also removed the "help with the live stream" link, since you should need no support for MP3 format. If you have any trouble though, please email us at info@stvladimiraami.org. Enjoy!

Where are the files!?

We ask forgiveness of all. We are having some major technical issues with the software we use to edit and create our video and sound files. We are working on this and hope to have a solution soon. In the mean time, we have saved all the data from all the services that we have not yet posted here, and once we have the software working again, we will post it all. Thank you for your patience!

Walk of Life Divine Services

We were honored to host the diocesan youth committee's Walk of Life Pilgrimage again this year. During the pilgrimage the Divine Services are served daily. Below we present the Divine Services of the pilgrimage that were served at St. Vladimir's. In addition to these services Vigil and Divine Liturgy were held on Saturday evening, September 3rd and Sunday morning, September 4th at the Rogers' farm. Many thanks to all who made the pilgrimage such a success!

Vespers September 2, 2016

Liturgy September 3, 2016

Vigil September 3, 2016

Liturgy September 4, 2016

Vespers September 4, 2016

Liturgy September 5, 2016

Prophet Micah - All English Cycle for August

Please find below the sound files from the all-English cycle at St. Vladimir's for August. These Divine Services were served on Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27 - the commemoration of the Prophet Micah. The Liturgy is joined in progress. Please join us for the next all-English cycle September 30 and October 1!

Vespers & Matins

Divine Liturgy

Sunday, August 8/21, 2016

Please find the sound files from teh 9th Sunday after Pentecost at St. Vladimir's - this year August 8/21. Please join us soon in person or on our Live Stream!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

Transfiguration of the Lord

Please find the sound files from the Divine Services at St. Vladimir's for the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord this year. Congratulations to all with the feast! If you missed the feast do not despair! The feast continues until August 26, so this Sunday we will still be in the midst of the feast. Thus, this Saturday's vigil will have a good amount of festal information included in it, and we will sing the troparion and kontakion of the feast at the Divine Liturgy. Please join us!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Please find the sound files from Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31, 2016 at St. Vladimir's. It was our pleasure to have Fr. Joseph Towne and Fr. Gabriel Montforte join us on this weekend. Congratulations to all who partook of Holy Communion and to all with the feast!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Our Second Pascha - St. Vladimir Day

Please find the sound files for our parish's Second Pascha - the patronal feast day of our parish - the feast of the Holy Equal to the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir at the links below. Many thanks to all who made this incredible 35th anniversary celebration of our parish possible! May the Lord reward you both in this life and the next!

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Sermon

Feast of St. Olga

Please find below the sound files from 5th Sunday after Pentecost, which this year was also the feast of the Holy Equal to the Apostles St. Olga.

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Sermon

All-English Divine Liturgy July 23, 2016

Please find the sound file from the Divine Liturgy from our July All English cycle below. The next All English cycle is set for August 26 (6:00 p.m.) and August 27 (9:00 a.m.). Please join us as your schedule allows!

All English Divine Liturgy

Sunday of the New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke

Please find the sound files from the Sunday of the New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke (3rd Sunday after Pentecost) at St. Vladimir's. Fr. Gregory forgot to start the recording ahead of time, so the vigil is joined in progress. Please join us soon for Divine Services in person!

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Sermon

Sunday of All Russian Saints

Please find below the links to the Divine Services for the feast of All Russian Saints at St. Vladimir's. Please join us soon in person or on our live stream!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

All Saints Sunday

Please find the sound files from the feast of All Saints at the links below. Congratulations to all with the feast! Join us soon at St. Vladimir's or on our live stream!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

Pentecost Sunday

Please find the sounds files for the great feast of Pentecost at St. Vladimir's this year. Join us soon in person or on our live stream!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

Kneeling Vespers for Holy Spirit Day

Commemoration of the Departed - Children's Liturgy

Please find the sound filed for the commemoration of the departed on the day before Pentecost Sunday. The Liturgy of this cycle was one of our Children's Liturgies and we invite to especially enjoy this service.

Vespers

Children's Liturgy & Pannykhia

Ascension of the Lord

Please find below the sound files for the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. We congratulate all on the great feast and welcome all to St. Vladimir's!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Please find the sound files from the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council at the links below. This is a very special Sunday of the year - the only Sunday that falls between the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost. Please join us in person at St. Vladimir's as soon as you are able, or join us on the live stream. Congratulations to all with the feast!

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Sermon

Sunday of the Blind Man

Please find the sound files from the Sunday of the Blind Man at St. Vladimir's below. Please join us soon in person - all are welcome!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Mid-Pentecost

Please find the sound files from the feast of Mid-Pentecost at St. Vladimir's below. This includes the lesser blessing of water after the Divine Liturgy.

Vespers

Liturgy

Sts. Cyril & Methodius

Please find the sound files from the feast of the Equal to the Apostles Cyril and Methodius at St. Vladimir’s. We congratulate all with the feast!

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Liturgy

Sunday of the Paralytic & St. Nicholas

This year the Sunday of the Paralytic fell on the feast of the translation of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. We congratulate all on the double feast of this Sunday! Join us in person soon at St. Vladimir's to experience the beautiful Divine Services, or catch us on the live stream (see the links immediately to the right of this post). See you soon at St. Vladimir's!

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Sermon

St. John the Theologian - All English Cycle

Please find the sound files from the All English Cycle for May below. This was the feast of St. John the Theologian - such an important saint! And it was our honor to have the opportunity to serve the Divine Services for St. John's feast. We congratulate all with the commemoration of the Evangelist John!

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Liturgy

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

Please find the sound files from the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women at the links below. As is the tradition in our parish, the men took over the kitchen, prepared the meal, washed up the dishes, and otherwise gave our very hard working sisters a break on this feast of the celebration of the holy myrrh-bearers. Congratulations to all who celebrate their names days today! Christ is Risen!

Vigil

Divine Liturgy

Sermon

Thomas Sunday

Please find the sound files for the feast of Thomas Sunday at St. Vladimir's below. There are two sermons - the first is the Paschal Sermon of Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. The second is a few words from Fr. Gregory about the Resurrectional Gospel read on Thomas Sunday and the 11 Resurrectional Gospels read at Sunday Matins weekly. We promised to provide Metropolitan Hilarion's sermon in Russian - you can find that here.

Christ is Risen!

Vigil

Liturgy

Metropolitan Hilarion's Paschal Sermon

Fr. Gregory's Sermon

Bright Monday

Please find the files from the Divine Service of Bright Monday at St. Vladimir's below. The Divine Liturgy on Bright Monday was a Children's Liturgy, with the young people singing, serving in the altar, manning the candle stand, preparing the food for the post-liturgy meal, and all other important duties surrounding this Divine Service. We thank the young people and their parents who made this wonderful day possible!

Vespers & Matins

Divine Liturgy

Pascha - The Glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ

Please find the sound files below of our Paschal celebration this year at St. Vladimir's. The Acts of the Apostles were read this year in 17 languages - a new record for our parish! Please join us for the remainder of the Bright Week Divine Services at St. Vladimir's!

CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN!

Acts of the Apostles

Midnight Office

Paschal Matins & Divine Liturgy

Sermon of St. John Chrysostom + Paschal Stichera - NEW!

Holy Saturday

Please find the sound files for the Holy Saturday Divine Services at St Vladimir's. Please join us for the remainder of the Holy Week and Bright Week Divine Services at St. Vladimir's!

Matins

Divine Liturgy

Holy Friday

Please find the sound files from the Holy Friday Divine Services at St. Vladimir's. Please join us for the remainder of the Holy Week and Bright Week services at St. Vladimir's as we celebrate the most theologically significant holy days of the year!

Matins

Royal Hours

Vespers

Holy Thursday

Please find the sound files for the Holy Thursday Divine Services at St. Vladimir's below. Please join us for the remainder of the Holy Week and Bright Week services at St. Vladimir's! And if you can't be there in person please join us on our Live Stream!

Matins

Hours & Vesperal Divine Liturgy

Holy Wednesday

Below please find the sound files for the Divine Services of Holy Wednesday at St. Vladimir's. Please join us for the remainder of the Holy Week services as your schedule allows!

Matins

Presanctified Liturgy

Holy Tuesday

Please find the sound files for the Holy Tuesday Divine Services at St. Vladimir's below. Please join us for the remaining services of Holy Week and Bright Week as your personal schedule allows!

Matins

Presanctified Liturgy

Holy Monday

Please find the sound file from Holy Monday at St. Vladimir's at the link below. Please join us for the remaining services of Holy Week as your schedule allows!

Presanctified Liturgy

Palm Sunday

Please find the sound files from the Palm Sunday services at St. Vladimir's this year. What a great weekend it was! The services were beautiful (don't miss the anaphora in the Liturgy file below sung by our Youth Choir), the lecture was interesting, and so many people joined us for this great feast! Congratulations to all! May the Lord strengthen all on our mutual journey to Pascha!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Lecture

Lazarus Saturday

Please find the sound files from Lazarus Saturday at St. Vladimir's below. This first liturgical day of Holy Week, which sets the stage for the next day's Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem, is always a favorite at St. Vladimir's. Our Church School children prepare for Holy Communion especially on this day, and in general many like to participate in this first day of the very important Holy Week. Please join us in person soon, live on our Live Stream, or here on Sound of the Parish!

Matins

Liturgy

Sermon

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

Please find the sound files from the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt - the last Sunday of Great Lent - below. You can find the full Holy Week & Bright Week schedule here. Please join us as your personal schedule allows!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Vespers

Laudation of the Theotokos

Please find the sound files from the Laudation of the Theotokos (Akathist Saturday) below. There is a short sermon at the end of the Divine Liturgy file. Please join us soon at St. Vladimir's to encounter the Theology in Action that is the Divine Services of the Holy Church!

Matins

Divine Liturgy

The Standing of St. Andrew

Please find two files below from the annual "Standing of St. Andrew", sometimes called the "Standing of St. Mary". At this service the entire canon of St. Andrew of Crete is read, as well as the life of St. Mary of Egypt, not to mention the rest of the appointed Matins materials. This service takes place on Wednesday of the 5th week of Great Lent. On Thursday a special Presanctified Liturgy is held, and that file is below as well. We hope to see you soon at St. Vladimir's!

Matins (Canon of St. Andrew + Life of St. Mary of Egypt)

Presanctified Liturgy

Fourth Sunday of Great Lent

Please find the sound files below from the fourth Sunday of Great Lent at St. Vladimir's. This weekend the Kursk Icon visited St. Vladimir's. Fr. Gregory gave the lecture after the meal. The icon's visit was a huge highlight for us - a taste of Pascha a few weeks early. Please join us at St. Vladimir's soon!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Lecture

Vespers

Presanctified Liturgy - Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel

Please find below the sound file from the feast of the Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel (also the name's day of most of our parishioners named Larissa) at St. Vladimir's. This file includes Matins, Great Lenten Hours, Typica, and the Presanctified Liturgy. Congratulations to all with the feast!

Presanctified Liturgy March 26/April 8, 2016

Third Sunday of Great Lent

Please find below the sound files from the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross this year at St. Vladimir's. We had a few issues with the recording equipment over this weekend, so some of the files don't have good coverage of the altar. But the choir sounds great! We were honored this weekend to have a lecture about Church Architecture from Sister Joanna from St. Innocent Church in Redford, MI. Please join us in person soon at St. Vladimir's!

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Sermon

Lecture

Vespers

Annunciation at St. Vladimir's

Please find below the sound files from the Great Feast of the Annunciation at St. Vladimir's. Thankfully this year a great number of schools were closed for their spring break on the same week as the feast, so we had a great turnout! Congratulations to all with the feast!

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Liturgy

Sermon

Second Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas

Please find the sound files for the second Sunday of Great Lent at St. Vladimir's below. This Sunday is set aside for the commemoration of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thesalonica. Subdeacon Dmitry Kashchenko gave the Great Lenten Lecture during the parish meal. This week we began serving Great Lenten Vespers after the lecture, and that will continue for the next few weeks. Please join us soon at St. Vladimir's as your personal schedule allows!

Vigil

Liturgy

Sermon

Lecture

Vespers