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 Dear fathers, brothers and sisters! I heartily congratulate you all on a blessed holiday – the Birth of the Lord our […]

On Saturday, December 17, 2022, the Holy Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara, and the faithful of Edmonton, AB, Canada, celebrate the Patronal feast and the remarkable 120 Anniversary of the first temple in Edmonton consecrated in honor of St. Barbara, that was the predecessor of the contemporary St. Barbara’s […]

Archpastoral Message of His Grace  MATTHEW, Bishop of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, on the occasion of the Patronal Feast of St. Barbara’s Cathedral in Edmonton and the 120th Anniversary of the Founding of the Parish. To the Rector, clergy and parishioners of St. Barbara’s Cathedral in Edmonton […]

On the 13th of December, by the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, the clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada took part in the Patronal Feast of St. Herman’s Cathedral on the Orthodox Church in America. The Liturgy was headed by […]

The Festivities dedicated to the 25th Anniversaries of the rector of St. Barbara’s Cathedral and Dean of the Patriarchal Parishes Right Reverend Igor Kisil took part in St. Barbara Cathedral on Sunday 24th after Pentecost. At the Liturgy Father Igor was assisted by the Rector of the Orthodox IX Parishes, archpriest Yevgeny Protsenko; and the […]

In 2022 Right Reverend Igor Kisil, the rector of St. Barbara’s Cathedral, Dean of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada celebrates very remarkable anniversaries: the ordination into deaconate and priesthood, the appointment as a Parish Priest for Orthodox IX parishes, and the arrival in Canada and serving the first Divine Liturgy at St. Mary’s Church in […]

It is with profound sorrow that the members of the Diocese of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox Church in the UK and Ireland, Moscow Patriarchate have greeted the sad news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen touched the lives of millions of people in this country, in the Commonwealth, and around the world by […]

When you look at the photos of the faces of the children of 2019 camp, of those who happened to participate in this 2022 Orthodox Children St. Tikhon camp, you can see that they have change a lot, the kids have grown up, and you realize how much time passed since 2019. Only three years […]

Beginning of Orthodoxy in North America and first settlements of European Slavs in Canada Orthodoxy on the North American continent began in 1794 when the first Russian Orthodox missionaries landed on the Kodiak Islands on the south coast of Alaska, bringing Christianity to the Aleut and Eskimo people. In 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the […]

Dear brothers and sisters! On Sunday morning, June 5, a belt with a particle of the relics of St. John of Shanghai will be delivered to the Cathedral of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara. John of Shanghai is an outstanding hierarch and spiritual leader, missionary, miracle worker. He was canonized on July 2, 1994. Let […]