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Graduation Ceremony of the school of A.S Pushkin at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Montreal. 2016
02:52 PM
To be published soon.
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Patriarchal Congratulations are Sent to Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal on his 55th Birthday
03:55 PM
MOSCOW: June 2, 2016
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada on his 55th birthday.
To His Eminence Gabriel,
Archbishop of Montreal and CanadaYour Eminence!
I convey my heartfelt greetings on your 55th birthday, as well as the coming 20th anniversary of your archpastoral consecration.
Your service to the Church of Christ has not been easy. Still, seeing before you the inspiring examples of staunch spirit and devotion to Orthodox Christianity by ascetics of the Russian diaspora, you strive with earnest and responsibility to fulfill the important obligation laid upon you. Having graduated Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, NY, and being ordained to the rank of clerics, you have labored greatly in the harvest-fields of the Lord.
It brings joy that during your tenure as Ruling Bishop on the American continent, a great deal is being done to expand diocesan and parish life, spiritual education and the moral guidance of the young generation. You apply special efforts so that “the word of God grew and multiplied” (Acts 12:24), and bear witness of the Crucified and Resurrected Christ clearly and persuasively for your contemporaries.
In recognition of your dedicated services and to mark these important dates, I deem it fair to grant you the Order of St Innokenty, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomensk, II Class.
May the intercession of the Mother of God bring down upon you strength from the Lord and His hel in your continuing service to the glory of the Holy Church.
With love in Christ,
+KIRILL,
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIAwww.patriarchia.ru
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Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Gabriel, Archbishop of Montreal & Canada. 2016
01:27 PM
Paschal Epistle
To the Priests, the Clergy
& the Entire Flock of the Diocese of Canada,
Beloved of GodBrethren & sisters beloved in the Lord,
Christ is Risen!
For many centuries, throughout the history of our homeland, the day of Christ’s Resurrection, this feast of feasts, has been marked by the Russian people with special joy. In every corner of Holy Rus, from the Tsar’s palace to the poorest village hut, the Orthodox populace everywhere rejoiced in the Risen Christ. Up until this day not only the church choirs and clergy sing the celebratory hymns of Christ’s victory over death, but everyone, even those who hardly know how to sing, when in church on Pascha participate in the singing.
The joyous and all-forgiving mood, about which we hear in the catechetical homily of St. John Chrysostom at the end of the Paschal matins, is felt at least in part by both the pious and the indifferent on this night, because God’s grace works in mysterious ways on Pascha. This grace is granted to us regardless of our deeds. Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky), the first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, said the same when he wrote: “This is a certain foretaste of the joys of paradise, which a Christian receives from the Lord, and which calls him to that of which we sing in the Paschal canon: “Grant that we may more perfectly partake of Thee in the unending Day of Thy Kingdom.”
Let us remember, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s Resurrection has opened for each and every one of us the doors to eternal life. How insignificant are our quarrels, squabbles, shameful divisions into enemy camps (which unfortunately one can see in many of our parishes), vindictiveness and remembering of wrongs, compared to the blessedness that is prepared for us and waiting for us. These evil deeds cut off our entry into the Heavenly Kingdom. Many sinners, who have repented of their heavy trespasses and even crimes, as the Holy Gospel teaches us, will inherit this Kingdom, but no one who harbours in his heart spite and pride will enter it.
Let us pray to the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, that His bright Resurrection will resurrect us, according to the Holy Apostle Paul’s words, “that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6: 4).
“It is the Day of Resurrection! Let us be radiant, O people! Pascha! The Lord’s Pascha! For
Christ our God has brought us from death to life, and from earth unto heaven…”Truly Christ is Risen!
Gabriel,
Archbishop of Montréal & Canada
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New Diocesan Mailing and Correspondence Address
07:31 PM
Our new Diocesan Mailing and Correspondence Address:
8420, Ave Bloomfield, Montreal, Quebec, H3N 2J2, Canada
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Report and Resolution from Pastoral Retreat of the Priests & Clergy of the Diocese of Montréal & Canada March, 2016
01:32 PM
Resolution of the Clergy of the Montreal and Canadian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Outside of Russia
Montreal, Quebec
March 23-25, 2016
This year, we, the clergy of the Canadian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, gathered in our cathedral church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra and Lycia in Montreal, Quebec under the chairmanship of our diocesan hierarch, Archbishop Gabriel. We greet all of our brothers and sisters in Christ, our parishioners, scattered throughout our vast diocese and pray that each of you will use the time of Great Lent to worthily prepare for the great feast of Pascha.
We are pleased to see that the exterior reconstruction of the cathedral in Montreal has been successfully restored and hope that with God’s help the interior will soon be completed as well.
This year, an important anniversary for all Orthodox Christians living in the diaspora will take place; the fiftieth year of the repose of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. The life and struggles of this man of God should inspire each of us to work to preserve our Russian Orthodox faith and tradition in our families and parishes, while at the same time spreading the Word of God as expressed by the One Holy Orthodox Church to the people of Canada. The Holy hierarch John helped bring to the true faith many people, including Fr. Seraphim Rose.
Clinging to these traditions, we reaffirm a commitment to the moral, intellectual and spiritual formation of the faithful and repeat, as in last year’s resolution, our worry and pain with the legalization of euthanasia in Canada. Once more we confirm that euthanasia is suicide and an immoral act for which there is no repentance. All Christians are called to remember the patience and suffering of the saints and all pious and Orthodox Christians and to emulate them throughout our lives.
Each family living in Ontario, must take note of the recent changes to the provincial school curriculum and guard their children against the indoctrination of immorality.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the repose of Metropolitan Vitaly, the fourth first hierarch of the Church Abroad and Archbishop of Montreal and Canada for almost forty years. We call on everyone to keep him in their prayers.
As a diocese we want to address the subject of the upcoming “Great and Holy Council” in June of 2016 in Crete. Joining our voices to the many bishops, theologians, priests, and faithful around the world, we want to express our concern with certain pre-conciliar texts. We urge the adoption of theological terminology that is unequivocal about the Orthodox Church’s self-identity as the “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church,” which remains ever undivided, though many have separated themselves from Her.
Dear brothers and sisters let us strive for a life of purity and holiness as demonstrated by St. Gregory Palamas, the ascetic and pillar of the Church, who’s memory we celebrate on the second Sunday of Lent, and to put into practice the words which the Church sings yearly on the Sunday of Orthodoxy:
Let us now set out with joy upon [the time] of the Fast; and like Elijah… let us fashion for ourselves … a fiery chariot from the four great virtues; let us exalt our minds through freedom from the passions; let us arm our flesh with purity and our hands with acts of compassion; let us make our feet beautiful with the preaching of the Gospel; and let us put the enemy to flight and gain victory. (Stichira at ‘Lord I have cried’ at Vespers of the first Sunday of Lent) -
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Pastoral Retreat & Assembly Of the Priests & Clergy of the Diocese of Montréal & Canada March, 2016
06:25 PM
FROM THE CHANCELLERY OF THE DIOCESE
To all the rectors and clergy of the parishes of the Canadian Diocese, to all the members of the Diocesan Council of the Canadian Diocese.Notice
You are hereby informed that, between 10/23 March and 12/25 March (Wednesday-Friday) 2016, at the St. Nicholas Cathedral (422 St. Joseph Blvd. W., Montreal, Que. H2V 2P5, Tel: (514) 276-8322/ Fax: (514) 276-6001), the Yearly Clergy Conference and Annual Pastoral Lenten Retreat will be held under my presidency, in conjunction with the annual Lenten Retreat of the Clergy of the Diocese of Canada.
The annual meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Job of Pochaev will take place later.
Participation in both the Conference and the Clergy Retreat are obligatory for all clergymen of the Diocese. If, for some important reason, it prove impossible to travel to Montreal on the designated days, we ask that you inform us well in advance, in writing, at the address of the Diocesan Administration, detailing such reasons.
All the questions regarding arrival may be discussed with Diocesan Council Secretary Fr. Alexis Pjawka, tel. 613-316-98; e-mail: fr.alexis@memorialchurch.ca, or with the administrator of the Diocesan Chancellery and my personal secretary, subdeacon Yuri G. Miloslavsky at the above address, phone number, and e-mail address of the chancellery of the Diocesan Administration in Montreal.
We remind our clergy that they should bring with them vestments of a lenten color (black or, if black is unavailable, purple).
Below find a tentative agenda for our meeting in Ottawa
Wednesday, 10/23 March
4:00 PM Gathering of the participants at the St. Nicholas Cathedral
4:30 Coffee/Tea
5:00 Prayer & Convocation of the Conference
7:00 Supper
7:30 Great ComplineThursday, 11/24 March
8:00 AM Morning Prayers
8:30 Breakfast/Coffee/Tea
9:00 Continuation of the Conference’s Deliberations
1:00 PM Luncheon & Break
3:00 Resumption of the Conference’s Work
5:00 Coffee/Tea
5:15 Resumption of the Conference’s Work
7:00 Supper
7:30 Matins & ConfessionFriday, 12/25 March
8:00 AM Greeting of the Bishop; Hours; Hierarchal Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
12:00 Luncheon
1:00 PM Prayer & DepartureParticipants will be informed in greater detail of the sequence of sessions.
+Gabriel,
Archbishop of Montréal & Canada
28/15 January 2016
