To His Grace, Right Reverend MATTHEW, Bishop of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada Your Grace! Dear Vladyka and our merciful father! Christ is Risen!   On behalf of the clergy, monastics and laity of the Diocese of Sourozh and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, please […]

On May 5, 2026.Bishop Matthew of Surozh, temporary Administrator of patriarchal parishes in the United States and Canada arrived in Edmonton, Alberta. In St. Barbara Cathedral in Edmonton, the Archpastor was met by the Dean of the Patriarchal parishes in the provinces of Alberta and Saskechevn, Rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Igor Kisil, Rector of […]

PASCHAL MESSAGE OF  HIS GRACE MATTHEW, Bishop of Sourozh, interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada Beloved in the Lord, all-honorable fathers, dear brothers and sisters! CHRIST IS RISEN!  With reverent joy in the Risen Saviour, I warmly greet you and congratulate you on the the Feast of Feasts and Triumph […]

Dear brothers and sisters! On March the 9th, we marked 35 years since Miter Archpriest John Margitich, who served  as the rector of St. Barbara’s Cathedral in Edmonton for 35 years, passed away. On March the 2nd, 32 years had passed since Father John’s wife Matushka Helen passed away. The memorial service took place this […]

On the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Church solemnly celebrates the Triumph of Orthodoxy — the victory of the true Faith over the iconoclast heresy, first observed in 843. The Holy Fathers recognized then a cunning assault upon the very foundation of our faith: “The Word became Flesh and dwelt among us, full of […]

On January 11, the Sunday After the Nativity of Christ, the feast day commemorating the forefathers—the Righteous Joseph the Betrothed, King David, and James the Brother of the Lord—a traditional Christmas Children’s Concert was held at St. Barbara Cathedral in the city of Edmonton. This event is one of the main highlights of our parish […]

Christmas Message from His Grace Matthew, Bishop of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in Canada to the Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and All the Faithful Children of Patriarchal Parishes in Canada and the USA Reverend Fathers, dear brothers and sisters! With heartfelt joy, I greet you all and wholeheartedly congratulate you on the bright […]

On December 13, 2025, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, concluded his visit to the western United States and departed Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Canada. In Minneapolis, Saint Tikhon, the future Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, opened the North American Theological Seminary (later St. […]

Congratulations to His Grace, Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh on the 10th Anniversary of His Episcopal Consecration Your Grace, dear Vladyka and loving father! On behalf of the clergy, monastics, and laity of the Diocese of Sourozh and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, we sincerely congratulate you on this significant day […]

By the grace of God, from July 27th to August 3rd, 2025, the 25th St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Children’s Camp was held! Following a long-standing tradition, it took place in the picturesque setting on the shores of Pigeon Lake in Alberta—our “children’s monastery” with its beautiful blue and white church—once again gathering children and volunteers from […]