On Clean Monday, March 15, the first day of Great Lent, Archpriest Viktor Tseshkovsky, cleric of the Western American Diocese of ROCOR and rector of Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Hollywood, CA, died suddenly at the age of 62. Two of the three churches of the Russian tradition in Los Angeles are located in […]

Dear brothers and sisters! On March the 9th we marked 30 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, 27 years had passed since Father’s John wife Matushka Helen passed away. The memorial service took place this […]

On February 1, 2021, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the twelfth anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. On this significant day, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. His Holiness was assisted by the hierarchs of the […]

Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters! The time for spiritual celebration has approached – the Church invites us to enter the Holy Days, beginning with the feast of the Nativity of Christ and concluding with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord. The sacred events of the Gospel narrative remembered by the Church unite us […]

Nativity Epistle of His Holiness Patriarch Kyrill 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-honorable presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters, From the depths of my heart I congratulate you all […]

On December 17, the Holy Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara. Saint Barbara is a unique saint, the only saint whom the Church learned to depict on icons holding the Holy Chalice, which, according to the canons of the Church, cannot be touched by any of the laity – only […]

Beloved in the Lord Fathers, brothers and sisters! I cordially greet you on this significant anniversary celebration – the patronal feast of St. Barbara Cathedral in Edmonton and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Canada! Being the same age as the statehood of Canada, Russian Orthodoxy […]

On Tuesday, December 1st, Metropolitan Job (Tyvonyuk), former Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada from 1975-1976 reposed in the Lord after complications from the Coronavirus. His Eminence was 82 years old. *** Metropolitan Job was born on November 6, 1938 in Pochaev, Ukraine. On January 3, 1975, he was consecrated as […]

On November 29, the feast of the holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in Canada and in the USA, celebrates His Name Day. The clergy and the faithful parishioners of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada sincerely congratulate Bishop Matthew on the occasion of […]

In connection with the death of the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Irenei, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, expressed his condolences to the hierarchs of the Serbian Patriarchate – His Grace Bishop Dositey of Britain and Scandinavia and His […]