Category Archives: Community & History

The history of St. Vladimir’s, the biographies of her bishops, and other articles particularly relevant to our community.

Miraculous Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Nicholas Comes to Alberta, Canada

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Miraculous and Holy Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Nicholas Comes to Alberta, Canada During the week of the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, the ROCA parish of St. Vladimir in Edmonton, Alberta, was blessed to receive a … Continue reading

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Parish life ~ Helping each other

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One of the greatest pleasures of parish life… An expression of our bond as a parish family is when we can help each other with some project or task that is needed. Here are a few photos from when we … Continue reading

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Parish Trip to Venerate the Myrrh-streaming Icon of St. Nicholas, February 2012

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St. Nicholas has always been a beloved and honoured saint to our parish; one who over the years has demonstrated his love for us through answered prayers for spiritual consolation, timely help in adversities, and true healings of bodily and … Continue reading

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How to Understand Our Church Calendar

The late Very Reverend Boris Molchanov (Rocor) composed this study of the development of the civil and Church calendars and of the Paschalion at the end of which study he demonstrates profoundly the indissoluble bond between the Julian Calendar and … Continue reading

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A Concerned Voice from the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Under the Moscow Patriarchate (ROCOR/MP)

A Concerned Voice from the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Under the Moscow Patriarchate (ROCOR/MP) From Monk Theophan of Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, N.Y. ……..October 2/15/, 2010 This letter is a concerned voice from a soul who has always belonged to … Continue reading

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His Eminence, Metropolitan Vitaly

His Eminence, Metropolitan Vitaly, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was born in Petrograd on March 18, 1910, and bore the name Rostislav Petrovich Ustinov in secular life. His father, Peter Konstantinovich Ustinov, was a naval … Continue reading

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Bishop Sava of Edmonton

In our modern secular society it is often difficult for us to practice even the most elementary Christianity.  How, then, can we not marvel at one who not only overcame the seductions of the world, but completely dedicated himself to … Continue reading

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