Save as PDFBeloved in the Lord Fathers, brothers and sisters! I cordially greet you on this significant anniversary celebration – the patronal feast of St. Barbara Cathedral in Edmonton and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Canada! Being the same age as the statehood of Canada, Russian Orthodoxy […]
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Metropolitan Job (Tyvonyuk) has reposed in the Lord
On Tuesday, December 1st, Metropolitan Job (Tyvonyuk), former Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada from 1975-1976 reposed in the Lord after complications from the Coronavirus. His Eminence was 82 years old. *** Metropolitan Job was born on November 6, 1938 in Pochaev, Ukraine. On January 3, 1975, he was consecrated as […]
Congratulations to His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh on his Name Day!
On November 29, the feast of the holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in Canada and in the USA, celebrates His Name Day. The clergy and the faithful parishioners of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada sincerely congratulate Bishop Matthew on the occasion of […]
His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh expressed his condolences on the death of the Primate of the Serbian Church
In connection with the death of the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Irenei, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, expressed his condolences to the hierarchs of the Serbian Patriarchate – His Grace Bishop Dositey of Britain and Scandinavia and His […]
Birthday of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
On November 20, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky in the monastery of the same name near Peredelkino in the Moscow Region. Today the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates his 74th birthday. During the Liturgy, […]
Congratulations to His Grace Bishop MATTHEW of Sourozh, the Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in Canada and in the USA, on the occasion of His 5th Anniversary of the Episcopal Ordination
Your Grace, dear Vladyka and loving Archpastor and Father! On the joyful and exciting day of your hierarchical Pentecost, please accept our congratulations on a significant date for you – the fifth anniversary of your episcopal consecration! Five years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ called you to the high apostolic ministry that you now […]
Old Bonnyville church sees fresh renovations
There’s new spirit in a long-standing Bonnyville church. Saints Peter and Paul Parish on 51 Avenue has gone through renovations over the course of the summer with a fresh exterior look. The church was built in 1944 about six miles east of Bonnyville, said secretary-treasurer Stefania Zuk, and was moved to town in 1950. But […]
In 2020 we mark 120th Anniversary of the first permanent priest assignment to Canada
Father Jacob Korchinsky was the first of many permanent priests in Canada. In 2020 we mark the 120 years anniversary of his assignment to serve in and around Edmonton. From this issue of our bulletin and on we begin publishing the outline of the life and the activity of father Jacob. The life of […]
DECR Chairman expressed condolences on the repose of Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor)
Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, sent a message of condolences to the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on the repose of Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor) Your Beatitude, With profound sorrow I have learnt about the loss suffered by the Orthodox Church in America. The Lord […]
Patriarchal Condolonces on the Repose of Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor)
Translated from the Russian 20.10.2020 01/5004 His Beatitude Tikhon Archbishop of Washington Metropolitan of All America and Canada Your Beatitude, Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant: I have been grieved to learn about the passing away of His Eminence Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), your beatific predecessor who headed the Orthodox Church in in America from […]