In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today we recall the Gospel lesson when the Lord on going into the waters of the Jordan, was baptized by Prophet John the Forerunner. At that moment when the heavens opened and the voice of God the Father was heard [...]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Before Epiphany the Holy Church recalls Saint John the Forerunner who appeared in the Jordan desert and preached repentance, calling to the faith in Christ to come, baptizing people with water for repentance. He said that the One who was [...]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the great feast of the Circumcision of Christ and also the New Year by the Julian calendar and memory of Saint Basil the Great of Caesarea in Cappadocia. The feast of the Circumcision is connected with an [...]

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Christ is born! Let us glorify Him! Христос Раждается! Славим Его! I sincerely greet you, my dear, and your family with the Nativity of Our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ! Outside the window white snowflakes circle about, snow crunches under foot and again today the singing in [...]

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and all the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church Your Eminences the archpastors, honourable fathers, venerable monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! On this present light-bearing night we again spiritually relive the joy of the world’s [...]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today in the centre of the Church there is the Cross decorated with flowers. This Cross is very beautiful and on it there is bleeding Christ the Saviour. In Christianity nothing can be explained by simple logic, but on the [...]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today at the Divine Liturgy during the Gospel reading we heard about the healing of the daughter of a Canaanite woman. This small, and as it may seen unimportant episode from the earthly life of the Saviour has been imprinted [...]

Very Reverend Father Igor, dear brothers and sisters: the president, parishioners and guests of our celebration! With a feeling of spiritual joy, we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of this Orthodox Church on this holy place! Orthodoxy in Canada, and the Patriarchal parish of St Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church in Nisku have a glorious history. It [...]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! In today’s Gospel we heard the words about mystery of love. On the eve of Christ’s suffering the high-priests, the Scribes and Pharisees, experts of the Holy Scripture come up to the lord trying to expose Him that He doesn’t [...]