Tag: Canada
Ukrainian delegation from Canada at the Phanar
From February 12-17, 2015, Metropolitan Yurij of Winnipeg led a delegation of Ukrainian Orthodox clergy and laity to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The delegation included Bishops ... Read More
Archpastoral Nativity Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon
OCA- December 2014 Christ is born! Glorify Him! To the honorable Clergy, Venerable Monastics, and Pious Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, My Beloved ... Read More
Bishop Irénée enthroned to See of Ottawa and Canada
December 2014 - OCA His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, presided at the Divine Liturgy and Enthronement of His Grace, Bishop Irénée , as Bishop of Ottawa ... Read More
The Enthronement of Bishop Irénée held at the Ottawa Cathedral
OCA- Nivember 2014 The Enthronement of His Grace, Bishop Irénée as Bishop of Ottawa and the Orthodox Church in America’s Archdiocese of Canada was celebrated at ... Read More
OCA Holy Synod concludes fall session
October 2014 The fall session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America was held at the Chancery here October 21-23, ... Read More
Orthodoxy is not simply a Church of the past – Patriarch Bartholomew
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople - 23/10/14 Greeting By His All-Holiness To The Toronto's Conference on the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Your Eminence and beloved brother Metropolitan Sotirios, ... Read More
OCA Holy Synod of Bishops meets for fall session
SYOSSET, NY - 21/10/14 The fall session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America opened on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, ... Read More
With ISIS an Hour Away, Christian Community Makes Its ‘Last Stand in Iraq’
By Matthew Fisher http://news.nationalpost.com - 10/7/14 IRBIL, Iraq -- With extremists flying the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham less than an ... Read More
Iraq’s Christian Communities Living in Fear
By Matthew Fisher http://www.canada.com - October 2014 IRBIL, Iraq -- With extremists flying the black flag of Islamic State less than an hour down the road, ... Read More
Meet Randa Markos – the Assyrian Refugee-Turned-UFC Fighter
Randa Markos Thomas By Michael Huang http://espn.go.com - 20/9/14 Randa Markos didn't have much of a childhood. War will do that to a kid. In the ... Read More
Metropolitan Tikhon issues Pastoral Letter Concerning Violence and Extremism in the Middle East
SYOSSET, NY - 12/8/14 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, recently issued a Pastoral Letter Concerning Violence and Extremism in the Middle East. The text of the ... Read More
Metropolitan Tikhon’s Letter on 18th All-American Council
July 2014 To the Venerable Pastors, God-loving Monastics and Devout Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America: I greet all of you as we mark ... Read More
Cross in Honour of St. Sergius of Radonezh Erected in Canada
22/7/14 On July 18, as part of the festivities dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius, Igumen (Abbot) of Radonezh, a ... Read More
Rev. Fr. Abgar Hovakimyan Elected as the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Canada
June 2014 By Pontifical letter, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, confirmed that Rev. Fr. Abgar Hovakimyan, Member of the ... Read More
Three Candidates for the Office of Metropolitan of Antiochian Archdiocese of North America and Canada Chosen
June 2014 On June 5, 2014, hierarchs, clergy, and laity delegates convened in Chicago, IL at the Hyatt Regency Hotel to participate in the historic Archdiocese Special Convention, ... Read More
Serbian Orthodox Bishops visit affected areas of the Diocese of Zvornik-Tuzla
May 2014 Their Graces Bishops Georgije of Canada, Longin of New Gracanica-Midwestern America, Atanasije of Bihac-Petrovac and Teodosije of Raska-Prizren, accompanied by competent Bishop Hrizostom ... Read More
Bishop Meghrik Parikian elected Prelate of Canada of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia
May 2014 The General Assembly of the Diocese of Canada of the Catholicosate of Cilicia met 9-10 May 2014 and elected Bishop Meghrik Parikian as ... Read More
Statement of the OCA Holy Synod of Bishops concerning the Archdiocese of Canada
SYOSSET, NY - 26/3/14 On March 21, 2014, during their regular Spring Session, the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church ... Read More
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon on the Beginning of Great Lent 2014
OCA- March 2014 To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the ... Read More
Orthodox Moldova is now available in English
19/2/14 Following the launching of the Russian version of the Orthodox Moldova web site, we are now glad to announce our readers that it has ... Read More
Persecution of Christians to hit record high in 2014, group claims
29/1/14 OTTAWA – This year could bring record levels of religious persecution around the world, say international experts – especially for Christians. “I think in 2014, ... Read More