"Thou didst love Christ from thy youth, O blessed one and longing to work for Him along thou didst struggle in the wilderness with constant prayer and labor. With pertinent heart and love for Christ thou was favored by the Mother of God. Wherefore we cry to thee: save us by thy prayers, O Seraphim our righteous Father."(Troparion to St. Seraphim of Sarov -- 2 / 15 of January,
19 of July / 1 of August)
St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Church
News:
4 of June, 2008 (Byz./Jul. st. 22 of May, year of the world 7515)
Our Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America is organizing a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The pilgrimage will take place from 12th till 29th of August. The group will be headed by Bishop Peter. Land arrangements only (without transportation) -- $1400. More detailed information can be found here.
27 of November, 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 14 of November, year of the world 7515)
During the Nativity Fast we will continue our film watching sessions "Around the Holy Places". The sessions will take place on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. All interested are welcome. For information call (517) 351-4391.
17 of May, 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 4 of May, year of the world 7515)
Congratulations with such a great joy our Russian Church is celebrating these days -- the double celebration of the Ascension of our Lord and the long awaited Reconciliation of the two major parts after the split at the beginning of the 20th century! It was a great service in Moscow at the Temple of Christ the Savior and out local co-celebration in Dexter at St. Vladimir's on the 16th and 17th of May. You can see some pictures from these events in our Photoalbum.
Here you can see some video of this event from Moscow and read the articles:
http://www.vesti.ru/rvideo.html?vid=101761
http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?page=36266
http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/rt07/akt.html
22 of April, 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 9 of April, year of the world 7515)
THE RECONCILIATION OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
MOSCOW - & - MICHIGAN
ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Please, join clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate at this Festive Celebration!
As our bishops serve together in Moscow, we too will celebrate this long-awaited day!
Services:
Vigil: May 16, 2007, 7:00 pm
Divine Liturgy: May 17, 2007, 9:30 am
Address:
St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church
9900 Jackson Rd.
Dexter, MI 48130
8 of April, 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 26 of March, year of the world 7515)
We would like greet everybody with the Great Feast of PASKHA of our LORD - CHRIST IS RISEN!!!
4 of March 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 19 of February, year of the world 7515)
We would like to ask you a favour to help as much as you can Annie Kitching. This wonderful lady with her husband adopted four kids from Russia and now are doing so much efforts to preserve their Russian cultural background. Annie is helping us a lot with organizing the Russian Education and Cultural Center. Her contribution in Maslenitsa was tremendous. She made so many "sarafans" for little girls for their dance at this cultural event! She has such a great heart trying to make everybody happy!
Now she and her husband have decided to adopt their fifth child from Russia - Ilya, their present adopted daughter - Nastya's brother. All this time Ilya was at the orphanage in Ivanovo with his two older brothers. But now his brothers' father takes them, so Ilya is staying behind alone in the orphanage. So Annie decided to adopt him. For doing this they need a lot of money. For those of you who do not know - to adopt a child from the orphanage in Russia foreigners need to pay about $12,000 in different fees.
Our St. Seraphim's Mission is going to organize a series of fundraising events to raise the money for Kitching family for this adoption. We truly believe that this family is a very healthy environment for Ilya.
If you have any possibility to help this family by donating money, air fare tickets points, or something else for the planned fundraising events, please, contact us, so we could rely the information to Annie and connect you with her.
18 of February 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 5 of February, year of the world 7515)
Great Lent is coming. The first week is one of the most strict fasts. From Monday till Thursday every evening the special Canon of Andrew of Crete is read. The beginning is at 8 p.m. All who wants to join, please, call 517-351-4391.
On Fridays during the classes of the Church School the video sessions "Around the Holy Places" is planned, followed by the catechistical discussions with tea.
17 of February 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 4 of February, year of the world 7515)
Yesterday, February 16th, Friday, we had our Maslenitsa Celebration. Thank you very much to all the organizers and participants of this celebration! Especial gratitude to Inna Phelpf, Olena Klusinske, Svetlana Kirillova, and to all who helped to prepare, organize and conduct this event: Annie Kitching, Alla Smith, Karen, Claudia, Edita Herbstov, Olga Aleksandrovna Chulakova, Olga Andreeva, Olia Klusinske, Julia and Lilia Dammas, Natalie and Randy Smith, Maria Pearst, Oleg Tarasov, Dmitry Gorelov, Alexandra Kravhenko, Sally and Andy Stebbings, Evgenia Shevchenko, and our little participants: Nastia, Masha, Zoya, Julia, Nastia, Alina, Julia, Laine, Laine, Sveta, and Olya.
Also our thanks to Evgeny and Pavel Titov, owners of the "American Bulk Food" store, for their discount on hearings and red caviar for Maslenitsa. We would like to express our grattitude to Colombisky family for their generous donation towards our Mission building fund.
Some photos from this celebration you can find here.
5 of February 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 23 of January, year of the world 7515)
This coming Saturday, February 10th, after the planned Divine Liturgy Fr. Gregory will be available for the blessing of your houses. If you would like to invite him, please, let us know in advance by phone 517-351-4391, or by e-mail stseraphim@stseraphimmichigan.org, so we could arrange the more effective trip for him.
4 of February 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 22 of January, year of the world 7515)
On the 16th of February our St. Seraphim's Mission will host its third "Maslenitsa". This is our annual fundraising event. Please, come and enjoy this feast with us before the Great Lent is started.
3 of February 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 21 of January, year of the world 7515)
On the 2nd of February we have our "Russian Cultural and Educational Center" started. All the information you can find in the flier.
8 of January 2007 (Byz./Jul. st. 26 of December, year of the world 7515)
On the 7th of January 2007 after Feast Day Moleben we had our Annual Nativity Yolka for kids and adults! We would like to thank Inna Quillien, Alla Smith, Evgenia Shevchenko, Annie Kitching, Dmitry and Svetlana Gorelov, - the organizers of this event. With their efforts this celebration was a great success and brought a lot of joy to kids and their parents. Here you can take a look at some of the pictures from our celebration.
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