With all my heart I great you with great and radiant feast of Holy Easter: CHRIST IS RISEN! On this joyful feast of universal celebration, when the ineffable paschal joy fills our hearts, sanctifying all around with heavenly light, inspiring us to works of love and charity, may the Risen Lord comfort you and fill […]

Paschal Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monks and Nuns and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living […]

Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters! It is with great sadness that I have received the news of the sudden unexpected death of Archpriest Dimitry Sever, the Dean of the Parish of the of Our Lady of Kazan and the Protection of the Mother of God in Ottawa. During the long years of his selfless service […]

On April 1, 2019, at the age of 86 years, the honorary rector of the Parish of the Protection of the Kazan Mother of God in Ottawa Mitred Archpriest Dimitri Sever fell asleep in the Lord. The burial service for the newly departed Archpriest Dimitri will take place on Wednesday evening, April, the 3d at […]

Troparion , Tone 2: We venerate Thine immaculate Icon, O Good One, asking the forgiveness of our failings, O Christ God; for of Thine Own will Thou was well-pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh that Thou mightest deliver from slavery to the enemy those whom thou hadst fashioned. Wherefore, we cry to Thee […]

On March, the 9th the Annual Diocese Meeting took place at St. Mary’s Parish Hall. According to a good tradition the meeting was preceded by a Liturgy at St. Mary’s, the Holy Nativity of Mother of God’s Church at Nisku. Father Dean of the patriarchal parishes lead the service, with the deacon Andrei Boldireff, the […]

On March, the 7th the deacon of St. Barbara’s cathedral celebrated the remarkable 70th anniversary. The thanksgiving moleben was served at St. Barbara’s cathedral and was lead by the dean of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada and the rector of St. Barbara Cathedral archpriest Igor Kisil, and co-served with the deacon Andrei Boldireff, the rector […]

1 февраля 2019 года, в 10-ю годовщину интронизации Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла, Предстоятель Русской Православной Церкви вместе с Предстоятелями и представителями Поместных Православных Церквей, автономных и самоуправляемых Церквей, входящих в состав Московского Патриархата, членами Священного Синода, главами митрополий и сонмом архиереев и духовенства Русской Православной Церкви совершил Божественную литургию в кафедральном соборном […]

On Sunday January, the 13th on the eve of the great feast of Circumcision of the Lord Jesus Christ, the day of remembrance of st. Basil the great and the Julian (Old) New Year there was a Christmas concert “Yolka” for children with pot luck at the basement of the St. Barbara Cathedral. The concert […]

Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and all the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church Beloved in the Lord archpastors, all-honourable priests and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! From the depths of my heart I congratulate you all on the […]