St. Vladimir's parish is located at 718 Front Street, Hempstead NY 11550, telephone 516-481-7717. The church stands on the southwest corner of Front Street and Holly Avenue, about a mile east of Main Street.
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St. Vladimir's parish in Hempstead is a Catholic parish of an Eastern Rite. The parish is not under the jurisdiction of the bishop of Rockville Centre, but rather the eparch (bishop) of the Ukrainian Eparchy (diocese) of Stamford. Please scroll down on this link to find the details for St. Vladimir's parish.
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St. Vladimir lived from about 958 to 1015. His conversion to Christianity in 988 led to the spread of the Gospel in what is now Ukraine. This is about a hundred years after the work of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
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