Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and all the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church Your Eminences the archpastors, honourable fathers, venerable monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! On this present light-bearing night we again spiritually relive the joy of the world’s […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today in the centre of the Church there is the Cross decorated with flowers. This Cross is very beautiful and on it there is bleeding Christ the Saviour. In Christianity nothing can be explained by simple logic, but on the […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today at the Divine Liturgy during the Gospel reading we heard about the healing of the daughter of a Canaanite woman. This small, and as it may seen unimportant episode from the earthly life of the Saviour has been imprinted […]

Very Reverend Father Igor, dear brothers and sisters: the president, parishioners and guests of our celebration! With a feeling of spiritual joy, we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of this Orthodox Church on this holy place! Orthodoxy in Canada, and the Patriarchal parish of St Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church in Nisku have a glorious history. It […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! In today’s Gospel we heard the words about mystery of love. On the eve of Christ’s suffering the high-priests, the Scribes and Pharisees, experts of the Holy Scripture come up to the lord trying to expose Him that He doesn’t […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today’s Gospel tells us the Lord’s parable about a wedding feast. This parable is about the Kingdom of Heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a wedding which the Heavenly Father gives to his Son. And the Church is […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today the Holy Gospel again tells us the parable of Christ about a vineyard – the saddest and bitterest parable about cruelty of mankind. This parable is about how the Lord calls upon people, waits for their answer, sends His […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today is the Great Twelve Feast – the Transfiguration of the Lord. The Gospel of Matthew tells us about this wonderful event (Mt. 17: 1-6) Thinking over this Gospel text we ask a question: what happened on Mount Tabor? What […]