Tag: Canada

Ghanaian Orthodox Church Soon To Explode In Toronto

OCP- September 28, 2011

27/9/2011 The situation on the ground at a Ghanaian orthodox church in Toronto-Canada, Etobicoke city to be precise can be best described as a shaken ... Read More

Ethiopian Church hit by Vandals

OCP- September 1, 2011

CBC News Canada 30/8/2011 Board members of an Ethiopian Christian church in Hammonds Plains, N.S., met Tuesday night after the church's sign was cut down ... Read More

Met. Jonah Publishes Encyclical on Marriage and the Moral Limits of Human Sexuality

OCP- August 7, 2011

July 28, 201 Beloved Fathers, brothers and sisters in Christ, If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie ... Read More

Chinese Orthodox Missions Dinner in Canada Raises $1000

OCP- June 28, 2011

27/6/2011 The Chinese Orthodox Church HAMILTON (ON) - On Sunday, June 26th, the parish of All Saints of North America in Hamilton hosted its annual ... Read More

Victims of immigration scam stuck in Limbo

OCP- June 19, 2011

CBC News 18/6/2011 Many of the Polish workers at the centre of an alleged Alberta immigration scam are in limbo, according to the lawyer representing ... Read More

Alberta community in shock after priest Charged

OCP- June 18, 2011

CBC News 17/6/2011 Members of a northeastern Alberta community are feeling betrayed and disappointed after a priest was charged with immigration fraud. "It's hard to ... Read More

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA RECEIVES A XVTH CENTURY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT

OCP- January 2, 2011

Mr. Zareh Shahinian, a resident of Toronto (Canada) donated a fifteenth century illuminated manuscript of a hymnal to the Catholicosate of Cilicia. Very Rev. Meghrik ... Read More

Statement on Archbishop Seraphim issued by Archdiocese of Canada

OCP- November 28, 2010

11/26/2010 Orthodox Church in America WINNIPEG, MB -- As widely reported in the Canadian media, His Eminence, Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada appeared before ... Read More

Orthodox archbishop charged with Sexual Abuse

OCP- November 27, 2010

26/11/2010 WINNIPEG — A former Archbishop of Canada in the Orthodox Church whose career has taken him around the world has been arrested by Winnipeg ... Read More

Metropolitan Yurij Enthroned as the Sixth Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada!

OCP- November 25, 2010

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada On Saturday, November 20, a spiritually moving Vespers service was celebrated at Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Winnipeg, MB. This ... Read More

Metropolitan Jonah addresses faithful with regard to Investigation

OCP- November 5, 2010

5/11/2010 Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY -- In a letter dated Friday, November 5, 2010, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, addressed issues surrounding the investigation ... Read More

OCA issues statement concerning posting on Canadian Archdiocese’s Website

OCP- October 26, 2010

22/10/2010 SYOSSET, NY -- The Orthodox Church in America has learned that yesterday -- Thursday, October 21, 2010 -- an individual published on the web ... Read More

Patriarch: ‘Refrain from Sending Kids Abroad for Education’

OCP- October 4, 2010

3/10/2010 The influential head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, called on believers on October 3 not to send thier children abroad for ... Read More

Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa on Leave of Absence

OCP- October 4, 2010

10/3/2010 Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY -- The Lesser Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting at the OCA Chancery in ... Read More

Sifton, Manitoba’s historic Church destroyed by Fire

OCP- September 12, 2010

9/9/2010 SIFTON, MB, CANADA -- On Wednesday night, September 8, 2010, the hamlet of Sifton lost one of its landmarks as Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church ... Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada has new Metropolitan

OCP- August 25, 2010

By: Brenda Suderman 21/08/2010 He turned to the church after a failed singing career, but now damaged vocal chords have robbed Archbishop John of his ... Read More

Man accused in the stabbing death of his wife sought help from Priest

OCP- July 21, 2010

07/21/10 Ethiopia - Man accused in the stabbing death of his wife sought help from Priest Three weeks before police charged him in the stabbing ... Read More

Greek patriarch optimistic Halki seminary will reopen next Year

OCP- July 6, 2010

FULYA ÖZERKAN Heybeliada, ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew says he has a promise from the prime minister and Turkish authorities that ... Read More

The former prime minister of Canada at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- July 1, 2010

By: Kiki Danaktsis 1/7/2010 The former prime minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney and his wife visited the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos at Phanar. The former prime ... Read More

Aram I in Toronto on Last Leg of Canadian Pontifical Visit

OCP- July 1, 2010

30/6/2010 His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia began His Pontifical visit of Toronto following the end of the Interfaith Summit ... Read More

Copts Battle Everyone’s Fight

OCP- June 28, 2010

25/6/2010 A new grassroots movement among the Coptic Diaspora was established in Washington this past weekend. Almost 100 Coptic Christian community organizers from around the ... Read More