The 7^th of January 2022 (Christmas Day) marked the 25^th year of Right  Reverend Igor Kisil‘s, Rector of St. Barbara’s Cathedral, Dean of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada, ordination as a deacon.

Following this date, on the 9^th of March it will be 25 years since he was ordained  as a priest. The deaconate and priesthood ordination were performed by His Eminence Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the Head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate  (at the present time the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia)  at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Smolensk, Russia.        

On  this occasion, the clergy, the Parishioners of  St. Barbara’s Cathedral and the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada extend their congratulations to Father  Igor Kisil and prayerfully  wish him physical and spiritual strength, patience, and success in his  further pastoral labours for the good and prosperity of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada.

Many glorious and blessed years!