Sermons & Epistles

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!”

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! We ask those, who are able to help, support with your donations the Orthodox Christian Mission in their work of bringing the Word of Christ to the farthest regions of the World. The mission of evangelizing and charity is carried out through the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (Address: Orthodox […]

The attitude of the Orthodox Church towards the cremation of the dead.

The attitude of the Orthodox Church towards the cremation of the dead. The cremation of the dead, which was adopted in a number of eastern religious traditions, contradicts the established Christian practice (and especially the tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church) of burying their dead in the ground. Based on the evidence of the Orthodox […]

Sermon on the Miracle of Archangel Michael in Honeh.

Sermon on the Miracle of Archangel Michael in Honeh. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! I congratulate you with all my heart on the feast day, which our church is celebrating today, in honor of one of the many wonders of the Archangel Michael! This miracle happened in the IV (fourth) century. One citizen of […]

Sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost: Matthew 17:14-23.

In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, In today’s Gospel reading we have heard that God, our Lord, designates the strength of our faith as the main weapon that is able to bring the victory over evil. Our faith is not like a […]

Bishop Iov’s congratulations on the 100th anniversary of the official registration of the village of Chipman, Lamont, Alberta.

Bishop Iov’s congratulations on the 100th anniversary of the official registration of the village of Chipman, Lamont, Alberta. Dear brothers and sisters, the parishioners of “Orthodox V” churches, and the residents of village Chipman! From the bottom of my heart I congratulate you on the century’s anniversary of the official registration of the village of […]

The Patriarchal parishes of Russian Orthodox Church in Canada recommend to your attention Ancient Faith Radio (Internet Based Orthodox Radio).

The Administration of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Canada recommend this website: www.ancientfaith.com Ancient Faith Radio (Internet Based Orthodox Radio) is a division of Ancient Faith Ministries, which also operates Ancient Faith Publishing under the auspices of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. Ancient Faith Radio, however, is a pan-Orthodox […]

Archpastoral Message of His Grace Job, Bishop of Kashira, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada, on the Occasion of the 116th Year of Establishing Orthodoxy in Canada and of the 1025th Anniversary of Baptising the Kievan Rus.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! Today Patriarchal Parishes in Canada celebrate the traditional Day of Orthodoxy in this country. Why is it so that the starting point of Orthodoxy in Canada is not considered to be the construction and consecration of the first church on this land or the arrival of the Orthodox Rusins […]