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The first Orthodox service in Canada was held in 1897 by the Reverend Dimitri Kamnev and Deacon Vladimir Alexandrov. They had been dispatched by Bishop Nicholas of the Russian Orthodox Church Mission in San Francisco, USA to the tiny settlement of Wostok near Edmonton.
1929 Romanian Orthodox Episcopate established, under the Romanian Orthodox Church. 1930 Abp. Joasaph (Skorodumov) ("The Enlightener of Canada") becomes the founding bishop of the Canadian Diocese of ROCOR; Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) leaves the American Orthodox Catholic Church (AOCC) and returns to Metropolia, re-establishing Brooklyn diocese.
The Archdiocese of Canada is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes , monasteries , and missions located in nine provinces and territories in Canada — Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Newfoundland & Labrador , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Quebec , Saskatchewan , and Yukon .
The first Byzantine Rite church in that city was the Greek Orthodox Community of St. George, founded in 1909. [2] The first immigrant of Greek origin is reportedly Peter Constantinides [3] who came to Toronto in 1864 to attend the Medical School at the University of Toronto. On May 21, 1909, a meeting was held at the Y.M.C.A. attended by about ...
The present Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada), Sotirios, was elected Bishop of Constantia on December 18, 1973 and ordained on January 27, 1974. Since then, he is serving the Church in Canada. He was promoted to Bishop of Toronto in 1979 and Metropolitan of Toronto in 1996.
The inside of the church features murals by Georgi Danevski. The inside of the church features murals by Macedonian Canadian artist Georgi Danevski. [5] In February 2009, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of the United Macedonians Organization, the church was visited by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper. [6]
The first Serbian Orthodox Church built in Canada was the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1916. [3] The first parish committee was formed in 1913 in Hamilton and dedicated to St. Nicholas. [3] The Serbian Orthodox Diocese in the United States and Canada was established in 1921.
The Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church is a Serbian Orthodox Church located in Regina, Saskatchewan in Canada. It is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada. It is located at 928 Eleventh Avenue and Winnipeg Street in Regina. [1] It has the distinction of being the first Serbian church to be built in Canada, being built in 1912.