Parishes News

St James started a Facebook

Russo Greek Catholic Orthodox Church of St James started a Facebook page earlier this year. When on Facebook if one goes to the Search bar and types “Russo Greek Catholic Orthodox Church of St James” they will be directed to our page. If a person “Follows” our page, every Wednesday they will see in their […]

Donations for the restoration of the church in Ukraine

With the Blessing Iov, Bishop of Kashira: Donations for the restoration of the church in Ukraine Dear all, My Mom’s spiritual father (Father Ilya) is a rector of the church of Epiphany (Bogoyavlenskiy Xram) in the suburbs of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The church was closed and significantly destroyed during Soviet times. For a few years already, Father […]

119th anniversary of the first Divine Liturgy on the Canadian land

119th anniversary of the first Divine Liturgy on the Canadian land July 17, 2015 at the historic site associated with the occurrence the Patriarchal Parishes (July 18, 1897 is the day of the first Liturgy celebrated in Canada), near the Holy Trinity Church in the settlement of “Old Wostok” (Orthodox V district), a solemn Liturgy […]

Kursk “Root” Icon of “Тhe Sign” in Edmonton – July 19th and 20th 2016

On July the 19th and the 20th of this year The Great Holy Icon of our Russian Orthodox Church – The Wonderworking Kursk “Root” Icon of Our Lady of “Тhe Sign” («Znameniye») will visit the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Barbara in Edmonton. This icon appeared to people for the first time in the 13th century […]

Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of St. John Parish in Chipman

Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of St. John the Baptist Russo-Orthodox Parish in Chipman, Alberta On Thursday July 7th, St. John the Baptist day, the Russian Greek Catholic Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist in the Village of Chipman, AB celebrated one hundred years of service to the Orthodox community. The service was attended […]