Parish Life

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Christmas Cookie Decorating and Tree Trimming

Children of the St. Vladimir Parish in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, enjoyed a very special evening recently. Homemade, cut-out butter cookies were prepared and brought in for the children to decorate. Ten children from ages 2 1/2 to 10 had a great time together. (Most of the other half of the parish’s children are still too […]

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Archbishop Ioasaph, Enlightener of Canada

Brief life of Archbishop Ioasaph, founder of St. Vladimirs church, Edmonton from “The Orthodox Word”, March-April 1968 It was Novgorod the Great that nourished and formed the future hierarch-enlightener of Canada. Vanya (diminutive form of Ioann-John) Skorodumoff [in English, “Quick thinker”] was born on January 14, 1888, the son of […]

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Nativity 2011

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2010 Parish Camping Trip

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Russian Orthodox service of the Resurrection

Pascha 2011

A few photos from our 2011 celebration of Our Lord’s Resurrection! (Click to advance photos or let the slide show work automatically.) [fgallery id=1 w=650 h=385 t=0 title=”Pascha 2011″]