No one could describe the Word of the Father; but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it to divine beauty.// We confess and proclaim our salvation in words and images. Kontakion (Sunday of Orthodoxy)   On March […]

On March 10, 2024, on the Third Sunday preparatory to the Great Lent, in St. Barbara’s Cathedral in Edmonton, Deacon Andrei Boldyrev was honored on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his birth. At the end of the Liturgy, the dean and rector of St. Barbara’s Cathedral, Father Igor Kisil, read out a congratulatory […]

On the 25th of February, 2024 the first organizational meeting for the Orthodox Summer Camp took place at St. Barbara’s Cathedral. The main theme of the camp will be the Twelve Major Feasts of the Orthodox Church. The dates of the camp were announced as July 28 – August 4, at the same place, Camp […]

19 февраля 60-летие со дня рождения отметил викарий Тернопольской епархии УПЦ, ректор Почаевской духовной семинарии, 13 лет отдавший Архипастырскому служению в Канаде архиепископ Шумский Иов.   Юбиляра поздравил Предстоятель УПЦ Блаженнейший Митрополит Онуфрий.   «Много лет своей жизни Вы посвятили усердному служению Господу и Его Святой Церкви, стремясь на каждом месте своих трудов проявлять ревность […]

This year the weather conditions made our concert both Christmas and Theophany, as we had to have it a bit later, on January 21, 2024, the Sunday after the Baptism of the Lord. The Christmas concert was organized by the Sunday School of St. Barbara’s Cathedral, and conducted by Mary Holden. The children’s choir of […]

His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, visited Patriarchal Parishes in Edmonton area to head the celebration of St. Barbara’s cathedra Patronal Feast and the Feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia   On December 15, 2023, His Grace Bishop Matthew […]

On December 7, 2023, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh arrived in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, located on the river of the same name in the southeast of Ontario, near Montreal and the border with the United States. As part of the archpastoral visit, hierarchical services, ordinations to the priesthood, meetings with the clergy […]

Your Grace, dear Vladyka, loving Archpastor and father! On the day of your personal Pentecost, please accept heartfelt congratulations on this significant date for you – the eighth anniversary of your hierarchal consecration! On this day, eight years ago, you accepted the gifts of the Holy Spirit and embarked on the path of holy service […]

On October 4, 2023, leave-taking of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, discovery of the relics of St. Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov (1752), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London. On this day, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary […]

Beloved fathers in the Lord, dear brothers and sisters! September 5, 2023, marks the 45th anniversary of the falling asleep of the founder and first Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States, Canada and Mexico, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of blessed memory. The mission of the Russian Orthodox Church on the North American continent […]