On August 25, Administrator of Patriarchal Parishes in Canada Bishop of Kashira Iov had a meeting with Bishop of Canada George (Dyokish) in the monastery of the Lord Transfiguration of the Orthodox Church of Serbia located in the province of Ontario near Toronto. Minister of the Patriarchal Podvorye in Toronto archpriest Sergey Rasskazovsky and minister of Orthodox V parishes in Alberta province priest George Sergeev took part in the meeting.

During the meeting Bishop George told the distinguished guest about the life of parishes of the Serbian Church in Canada and the history of the monastery. Then the guests visited the monastery church, the new building of the library and the museum.

At the end of the meeting Bishop George presented the guests the Service book with parallel text in Slavic, Serbian, Greek and English published by Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Canada.

In his turn Bishop Iov thanked bishop George for cordial reception and invited to visit the Cathedral Church of the Great Martyr St. Barbara in Edmonton.

Short history of the monastery.

The monastery of the Lord Transfiguration which is at the same time the main residence of Bishop of Serbia in Canada is located in Milton, 50 km to the south-west of Toronto in the mountainous part of Niagara green belt (Niagara Escartment). The land for building the monastery was bought by the Diocese of Serbia in 1988. The monastery cathedral was consecrated by the Most Blessed deceased Patriarch of Serbia Paul in 1994. The monastery possesses 20 hectares of land. There is a church, a cemetery, a residential building and a library on the territory. In the monastery park there are football, volley-ball, basket-ball grounds, a kindergarten with playing ground, express-train Tavna-Milton and a short river flowing on the territory. This beautiful place is not only religious but national cultural centre for all Canadian Serbs.