The Church Life of The Sts. Peter and Paul Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Parish in Saskatchewan for 2016

The regular liturgical life of the parish.

The arrangement of the regular liturgical life.

The visitation of Peter and Paul church by the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God

The Divine Liturgy is served every Sunday, and Great and Twelve Great Feasts; a prayer service (moleben) with acafist is usually served every Thursday. It is planned to serve Panikhida every other Saturday including it to the timetable; and also – to transfer the weekly prayer (moleben) service to Saturday evening to make it more available for the people.

16 Baptism services and 1 Chrismation into the Orthodoxy (from Lutheran) were administered in the year of 2016.

Due to the personal transport, there appeared an opportunity to meet personal needs of the people more efficiently.

The educational activity of the parish.

Since October 2015 there is a parish Sunday school for children and evening (theological) classes for adults. The Sunday school is attended by eight children of the age of 5 to 10. It takes place an hour before the evening service on Saturday to give the kids an opportunity to stay for the service.

At our evening adult classes, that sometimes were conducted on Saturdays we discuss theological and practical issues. Besides some people prefer to have private discussions with the priest.

The renovation and improvement of the church building.

The building of the Peter and Paul church was bought from a protestant community in 2012 and was in the need of significant reconstruction efforts. The basement walls were covered with wooden framing for the drywall. New wiring input and the main power wiring were made to provide a drywall installation. The heating and conditioning system was extended into the narthex (pritvor). The walls siding was painted and the ground at the siding was covered with grit to escape the pollution of the siding and for the esthetic reasons. Special shelves were installed in the altar corner to keep the icons that were donated for the church.

Beginning with the year of 2016 all the parish events take place in the premises of the church.

The main events of the parish life in 2016.

1. The visitation of Peter and Paul church by the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign”.
2. The archpastoral visit for the 4^th anniversary of the church sanctification.
3. The celebration of the st. Nicolas day with the performance for the children and children’s greeting (verses and christmas carols) on Christmas 2016.
4. The acquisition of the Altar Cross donated and delivered from Ukraine by the church parishioners’ parents.
5. The acquisition of the experienced church choir director – Elena Nolte, that came to live in Regina neighbourhood from Calgary.
6. The acquisition of the priest’s vestment — donated from the ROCOR priest Andrew Meyer (one set) and deacon Joseph Winnick (three sets).
7. The acquisition of the personal transport for the parish needs: donated from the altar assistant Michail Kisheev.

Archpriest Yevgeniy Protsenko