Nativity Yolka Celebration
25 November 2023
Nativity Yolka Celebration will take place on Sunday January 14th, 2024, at 4:00 PM in our lunch hall. A present from Grandfather Frost is $30 per child. Orders through Matushka Elizabeth Malchenko at 416-265-5651. Please pay before January 5th, cash only. Admittance $5, children free.
Schedule of Services for December 2023
25 November 2023
December 2023
2 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK DIVINE LITURGY — ICON of MOTHER of GOD “CONSOLATION IN SORROWS AND GRIEF”
2 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
3 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — 26th SUNDAY
3 — Sunday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
4 — Monday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — ENTRY of the MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS into the TEMPLE
7 — Thursday — 8:15 AM — Matins — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — HOLY GREAT-MARTYR CATHERINE
9 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK DIVINE LITURGY
9 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
10 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY in GREEK LANGUAGE — “KURSK-ROOT” ICON of the MOTHER of GOD
12 — Tuesday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
13 — Wednesday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — HOLY APOSTLE ANDREW the FIRST-CALLED
16 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK DIVINE LITURGY
16 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
17 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — HOLY GREAT-MARTYR BARBARA
18 — Monday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
19 — Tuesday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — ST. NICHOLAS the WONDER-WORKER
22 — Friday — 8:15 AM — Matins — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — ICON of the MOTHER of GOD “UNEXPECTED JOY”
23 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK DIVINE LITURGY
23 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
24 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — WEEK of HOLY FATHERS
24 — Sunday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
25 — Monday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — ST. HERMAN of ALASKA and ST. SPYRIDON of TRIMYTHOUS
30 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK DIVINE LITURGY
30 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
31 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — SUNDAY of ALL SAINTS
Pilgrimage to the Miracle Icon of the KURSK-ROOT Mother of God, NY
10 November 2023
A PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY IN JORDANVILLE NEW YORK AND THE THRONE FEAST OF THE MIRACLE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF THE KURSK ROOT ICON AT THE SYNODAL CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK.
Dec. 8 – 10, 2023.
Friday Dec. 8
Depart at 8 am from our church and travel to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville New York. Visit the famous museum and evening service. Excursion of the Monastery and Seminary. Supper in the Monastery. Overnight in the Monastery hotel.
Saturday Dec. 9
Liturgy at 6 am and Holy Communion. Breakfast in the Monastery and depart at 9 am to our hotel “CROWNE PLAZA ENGLEWOOD” New Jersey. Evening service in the Synodal Cathedral in New York.
Sunday Dec. 10
Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral in New York and glorification of the Miracle Icon of the “KURSK-ROOT’ Mother of God. Lunch at the cathedral and depart at 2 pm back to Toronto. Arrival about 12 midnight.
COST OF PILGRIMAGE $400 (Canadian) INCLUDES BUS AND HOTELS. CONTACT FATHER VLADIMIR TO SIGN UP: 416-265-5651
Schedule of Services for November 2023
27 October 2023
November 2023
1 — Wednesday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — ST. JOHN OF KRONSHTADT
3 — Friday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
4 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK LITURGY — MOTHER of GOD “KAZAN”
4 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
5 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — 22nd SUNDAY AFTER PENT.
7 — Tuesday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
8 — Wednesday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — HOLY GREATMARTYR DIMITRIUS of THESSALONIKI
11 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK LITURGY
11 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
12 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — 23rd SUNDAY AFTER PENT.
18 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK LITURGY
18 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
19 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — WEEK 24th and ST. VARLAAM OF KHUTYN
20 — Monday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
21 — Tuesday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — SYNAXIS OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
22 — Wednesday — 7:00 PM — AKATHIST to MOTHER of GOD “QUICK to HEAR”
25 — Saturday — 8:00 AM — GREEK LITURGY
25 — Saturday — 7:00 PM — All-night vigil
26 — Sunday — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — WEEK 25th and ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
———— BEGINNING of the NATIVITY FAST on 28 november ————
29 — Wednesday — 8:15 AM — MATINS — 10:00 AM — DIVINE LITURGY — ST. APOSTLE MATTHEW
Parish school reopens
29 July 2023
RUSSIAN PARISH SCHOOL BEGINS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9.
A moleben will be served before the beginning of the new school year in our parish school on Sat. 9 at 10 am. Afterwards there will be classes until 2.30 pm and new students will be assigned to their classes in the
church hall. Preschool class takes children who are 5 years old, grade one accepts children who are 6 years old. For information phone father Vladimir at 416-265-5651.
Wedding and Feast Loafs
3 October 2021
Wedding and Feast Loafs from Sisterhood may now be ordered at 416-400-3797
Parking rules
29 August 2021
Parking at United Steel Workers is permitted on Sunday only. There must be the blue windshield sticker, which can be obtained at the church. Spots marked with “Staff Parking Only” may not be used.
If these regulations are not observed, the cars may be towed and the parking privilege may be revoked from the church completely.
Parish school reopens
27 August 2021
Parish school reopens on September 18.
There shall be a prayer service at 10 am. Students are kindly requested to stand within their assigned group. Students aged 5 years shall be for preschool class, 6 years old for class 1. New students sign up in the church hall. Please direct all questions to Fr. Vladimir at 416-265-5651.
Zoom Conference on 100 years of ROCOR
11 January 2021
More information is available through this Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/110063552339710/permalink/4133146366698055/
APPEAL OF THE FIRST HIERARCH
13 April 2020
APPEAL OF THE FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA TO THE GOD-LOVING FLOCK, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Dear in the Lord fathers, brothers, and sisters!
I sincerely greet you with the very warmest well-wishes for the blessings of God, good health, spiritual calm, and the patience so needed in this trying time! I especially greet the doctors, nurses, and all who work in the hospitals, sincerely wishing them increased strength and Heavenly aid! I wish for those who are sick – and for their friends and relatives – comfort in the hope of God’s will, which always directs man toward the good. Our prayers are with all of you.
As a result of measures being taken to halt the spread of the Coronavirus infection, which have been instituted by the governments of countries in which our Church maintains a presence, many of us have been deprived of the divine services and of communal worship in the temples. In some parishes, following the strict recommendations of local authorities, no services are held at all; in others, it is possible to serve, but this must be done with closed doors and in the presence of an extremely limited number of people, who themselves observe the required distance from one another. In many parishes, the service is performed by a single priest, sung by a single chanter. For these parishioners, it is a comfort to know that prayer is still being offered up in the churches, that the living and the dead are being commemorated. And where the divine services are being broadcast over the Internet via live-stream, many unite and join in this prayer, creating a prayerful atmosphere in their own homes. I have even heard of instances where some among the faithful light candles and lamps and, standing in their prayer corners, follow along with the service and pray. I think that such church “attendance” has the virtue for them of actual attendance, and inclines to them God’s mercy. It is a joy to hear how some priests, using modern technology, support their parishioners by holding talks on various spiritual, moral, catechetical, and others useful subjects. I am sure that such a creative approach strengthens the unity among people who together endure these difficult circumstances, and will bring good fruit in the future. In general, any positive examples in such complicated situations, when new methods of preaching and pastoral nourishment are discovered, are always inspiring and instructive.
Unfortunately, we also hear of sorrowful instances of insubordination not only to local authorities, but also to the ruling bishops. Such behavior on the part of the clergy and lay parish officers is completely irresponsible and involves risk not only to the physical health of our neighbors, but also to our relationships with these communities and to parish property. Tempting God and man, their actions can result in insurmountable fines and other measures from law enforcement. In so doing, they irreparably damage their relationships with those around them, sowing in them doubts toward Christ’s Church, whose members must serve as an example. As a result of their disobedience and so-called “zeal not according to knowledge” (Romans 10:2), there can even develop divisions and conflicts within the parish communities themselves.
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,” writes the Apostle Peter, “That He may exalt you in due time; casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you” (I Peter 5:6-7). I call on the clergy and faithful of our churches, as law-abiding citizens of their countries, to follow all precautionary measures implemented by the local authorities, as well as adhering to the instructions issued by your Hierarchy, and to use the present conditions of quarantine to redouble your prayer, fasting, reading, and salvific contemplation, strengthening relations with family and friends. Perhaps before we did not sufficiently treasure the opportunity to pray in church, missing the divine services through our laziness and carelessness, or were so swallowed up by our affairs that we practically never saw our families, never prayed, never read anything of spiritual value, never prepared for the feasts, and never observed the fasts. General quarantine is a gift from God, which drives man into the depths of himself, forcing him to reexamine his attitude toward life, to think and to care about what is most important. Let every one of us make use of this blessed opportunity, at midnight on the Glorious Pascha night, to say to our own heart: “Christ is Risen,” and to hear from it that sweetest reply: “Indeed He is Risen.”
Asking your holy prayers, I remain with love in the Lord,
+HILARION
Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.