Our River Rouge Mission supports themselves, in part, with a flower shop. It is time to order palms and pussy willows for Palm Sunday and Pascha! Order now! Support the Mission! More information below:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/flyers/pa ... rs2017.pdf

Our Ann Arbor, MI parish will provide breakfast at the Washtenaw County homeless shelter for families this coming Sunday, April 2. To learn more or to sign up please visit this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZYD3jC1XHNclUu33kX7w-3GpyAMazGgmdDQJ2nvaxI4/edit#gid=0

With the blessing of Archbishop Peter, the annual General Unction service for our Michigan Deanery will be held at St. Vladimir Church at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4. The address for St. Vladimir Church is: 9900 Jackson Rd., Dexter, MI 48130.

Please note that Unction is a Sacrament of the Holy Church. All are welcome to attend the service, but only Orthodox Christians may be anointed with the Holy Oil at the conclusion of the service. The Sacrament of Unction is tied very closely to both repentance and healing, and thus, although this sacrament is generally reserved for those who are very sick (to aid in their healing or their prayerful departure into the next life) the practice is to hold this service one time per year during Great Lent to strengthen all of us on our path towards spiritual healing through repentance – the path we tread each year during Great Lent. IT IS IMPORTANT that you prepare yourself by confessing before this sacrament. Children who do not participate in the sacrament of Confession (those generally less than 7 years old) are not anointed at the General Unction service unless suffering from a serious illness. Please contact Fr. Gregory for more details.

По благословению архиепископа Петра, ежегодное общее Соборование Мичиганского благочиния состоится в Свято-Владимирском храме в 6:00 часов вечера в вторник, 4 апреля. Адрес Свято-Владимирского храма: 9900 Jackson Rd., Dexter, MI 48130.

Следует отметить, что Соборование (Елеосвящение) является одним из Церковных Таинств. На службу приглашаются все, однако елеем в конце службы могут быть помазаны только православные христиане. Таинство Соборования очень тесно связано с покаянием и исцелением и, хотя оно обычно совершается только для очень больных (ради их выздоровления или же молитвенного перехода к жизни вечной), существует обычай совершать эту службу раз в год во время Великого Поста, чтобы укрепить нас на пути к духовному исцелению через покаяние – пути, на который мы ежегодно вступаем во время Великого Поста. ВАЖНО подготовиться к таинству, предварительно исповедовавшись. Дети, не подходящие к Таинству Исповеди (обычно младше 7 лет) не помазываются во время общего Соборования, за исключением серьезно больных. Обратитесь к о. Григорию, если вам нужна дополнительная информация.

Ann Arbor:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/goodnews.pdf

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/Sund…/CurrentSundayReading.pdf

Houghton:

http://bulletinbuilder.org/stssergiusherman/current/

Lake Odessa:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets ... lletin.pdf

Please sign up below for limited seating for the April 2 Michigan Deanery Missionary Choir concert in downtown Ann Arbor. The concert is in a private home and we will email you the details if you are one of the first 25 to sign up. So sign up now! :)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1so7SBvMHZy6FBm4E3AkG9Sb9YmQsPCsp9sVlRtVrMlw/edit?usp=sharing

Please learn more about our Michigan Deanery Missionary Choir at the link below, including how you can invite them to visit your parish or future mission (see the Mission Plan to see where we'd like to found parishes):

http://www.michigandeaneryrocor.org/sta ... onarychoir

Please learn more about how Archbishop Peter ideally sees the parishes in the Michigan Deanery functioning at the link below:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/abpmid ... -23-16.pdf

Please learn more about our deanery mission plan at the following link:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/michig ... ryplan.pdf

The clergy of the Michigan Deanery are invited to gather for the Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir Church in Ann Arbor/Dexter, MI on Saturday, April 22 at 9:00 a.m. for the parish's Children's Divine Liturgy. The children of the parish will sing, serve in the altar, ring the bells, prepare the meal, and otherwise fulfill all duties they are able to on this day. All are welcome to join us at this special Divine Service!