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Archipastoral Visit to the Church of St. Tikhon and New Martyrs of Russia, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada November 19-20, 2016.
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By the Grace of God, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada visited the Church of St. Tikhon and New Martyrs of Russia, Cambridge, to partake in the celebration of their parish feast. The parish feast day is on the weekend closest to the commemoration of the election of St. Tikhon as Patriarch on November 18th (new style) in 1917. With great anticipation the parishioners awaited for the arrival of their Archbishop for the All-night vigil service, and again, many parishioners and out-of-town guests greeted the Archbishop for Divine Liturgy the following day. During the Divine Liturgy, subdeacon Sergey Gusakov from Montreal was ordained as a deacon. Co-celebrating with the Archbishop were the rector of the church priest Evgeniy Shchukin, protopriest Vyacheslav Davidenko from Toronto and protodeacon Vasiliy Milonow from Ottawa.
Following Divine Liturgy, the sisterhood of the Church warmly invited guests for a festive dinner in the parish hall. The children of the parish school put on a wise and wonderful short play, and other parishioners treated guests with musical performances.
Archbishop Gabriel congratulated the parish with their Feastday, and wished them further growth – it has been less that two years that the parish has its own Church building. A tremendous amount of work has been done by the hands of the parishioners, including the iconostasis and even the icons. Several members of the parish received celebratory letters from the Archbishop.The parish exists for 15 years, and prior to having their own priest, was often visited by and spiritually served by the reposed father Mikhail Luboshchinsky, and then by father Vyacheslav Davidenko. The parish has a school for children, active sisterhood and regular spiritual talks for adults and youth. The church spiritually serves those in Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Brantford and other nearby towns and cities.
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30th anniversary of the passing of Mitred Protopriest Matthew Andruschenko, Jr. (+ October 27, 1986).
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Protopriest Matthew Andruschenko was born in the Poltava Region in Ukraine in 1899 and is buried at York Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. Protopriest Matthew was the founding priest of the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto.
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Parish Feastday at the the Protection of the Mother of God Parish in Ottawa.
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The Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God in Ottawa
This year the parishioners of the Memorial Church of the Protection of the Mother of God celebrated their parish feastday for four days, beginning on the 13th of October and culminating on Sunday the 16th of October. The festivities began with the all-night vigil on the 13th and the Divine Liturgy on the 14th to mark the feastday of the Protection of the Mother of God.
In the evening of the 14th, a choral masterclass was led by Mother Juliania, a well-known church choir director and composer from the St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk, Belarus. The masterclass was attended by the choristers of the parish, as well as singers from other Orthodox parishes in Ottawa.
The all-night vigil and Divine Liturgy on Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of October were presided over by Archbishop Gabriel, the ruling bishop of the Canadian Diocese and rector of the Memorial Church in Ottawa. The following clergy served alongside Archbishop Gabriel: priest Alexis Pjawka, protodeacon Basil Milonow, and deacon Boris Bakhvalov of the St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk, Belarus. The parish choir, under the direction Julia Krukouskaya, with the participation of Mothers Juliania and Maria from Minsk, sang all of the church services. The parish children’s choir sang the troparion of the feastday in Slavonic and English during the communion of the clergy.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, a procession of the cross was made around the church. Before the singing of “Many Years,” a diocesan certificate was granted to Igor Jascolt, a long-time member of the parish, for his many years of service to the Church.
After the service all parishioners and guests were invited to the parish hall for a festive meal prepared by the sisterhood.
Please visit the parish Facebook site to see photos and videos:
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Memorial Service to Mitropolit Vitaliy (Ustinov) fourth First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad in his 10th anniversary from the repose.
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Memorial Service to Mitropolit Vitaliy (Ustinov) fourth First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad in his 10th anniversary from the repose.
