On August 22, Bishop of Kashira Iov, Administrator of Patriarchal Parishes in Canada, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Apostle James located near Mundare. In his sermon Vladyka drew the attention of the worshippers to the importance of the Evangelic parable about evil vinedressers. In particular, His Grace Iov stressed the importance of […]
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 […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Happiness, – what is it, and how to reach it? Happiness is in justification of life. Happiness isn’t momentary pleasure, isn’t temporary transient satisfaction. Happiness is permanent joyful state of spirit which a person takes with him crossing the border […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today the Evangelic parable tells us about the servant who owed the king ten thousand talents. This is a great sum of money. At that time one could buy a house with furniture only for one silver talent. The servant […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today we heard the Gospel reading about the healing of the demon-possessed man. His father implored the Lord to have pity on his son, he appealed in despair for performing miracle and healing the son. The Lord reproaches him in […]
Your Eminence, Vladyka Archbishop Mark! Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters! Distinguished guests! I sincerely welcome all of you, participants in today’s celebration in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Consecration of our Cathedral! The first Orthodox Church in Edmonton was actually a chapel dedicated to St. Barbara. It appeared in 1902 thanks to the […]
On July 18-24, 2010 at Camp BAR-V-NOK on Pigeon Lake, there was a six-day Children’s Orthodox Bible Camp for 31 children, which was very successful. Our campers gathered together in order to commune with each other, to pray together, to have Bible studies, sports, activities, crafts and a good rest. Morning and evening prayers were […]
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