Hierarchical Concelebration in Toronto

On Thomas Sunday, the Feast of Anti-Pascha (April 29/May 12, 2013), we were honored to welcome to Toronto, His Beatitude Archbishop Makarios of Athens, who concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with His Eminence Metropolitan Makarios of Toronto, His Grace Bishop Gregory of Brookline and His Grace Bishop Andrew of Markham at the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas.

The heirarchical concelebration sealed the Eucharistic Unity recently established between the True Orthodox Church of Greece and the Holy Orthodox Church in North America.

This truly historic occasion doubled our Paschal joy and brought inestimable comfort to everybody present.

As announced earlier, Archbishop Makarios is also scheduled to visit Boston in order to concelebrate with our hierarchs on the Sunday of Myrrhbearers.

CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN!

Visit of Archbishop Makarios of Athens

It is with great joy that we announce that His Beatitude, Archbishop Makarios of Athens, the First-hierarch of the True Orthodox Church of Greece, is scheduled to visit Toronto, Canada, and to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy with His Eminence, Metropolitan Makarios of Toronto, with His Grace, Bishop Andrew of Markham, and with His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Brookline, on St. Thomas Sunday (May 12, 2013, according to the civil calendar), at St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario.

His Beatitude, Archbishop Makarios of Athens is also scheduled to visit the United States and to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy with His Eminence, Metropolitan Ephraim of Boston, with His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Brookline, and with His Grace, Bishop Andrew of Markham, on Myrrh-bearers Sunday (May 19, 2013, according to the civil calendar) at St. Anna's Orthodox Church, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Announcement from the Holy Synod

April 5/18, 2013

Holy Martyr Claudius

Dear brothers and sisters,

For several months now, our Holy Synod has been conducting a brotherly dialogue with the Holy Synod of the True Orthodox Church of Greece under the Presidency of His Beatitude, Archbishop Makarios of Athens (www.ec-goc.gr). By the mercy and grace of the Lord, our common labors have yielded a God-pleasing fruit and our two Churches have agreed to establish full Eucharistic unity, which will be sealed by a hierarchical concelebration. The dates of the concelebration will be announced separately. Below is the official announcement signed by the Presidents of the two Synods.

In Christ,

+ Gregory, Bishop of Brookline

  Secretary of the Holy Synod

Official Announcement (English)

Official Announcement (Greek)

Feast Day of Three Pillars of Orthodoxy in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania.

Icon: courtesy and copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Boston.

The Second Sunday of the Great Lent, the Feast Day of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonika, is the Patronal Feast of the Parish of the Three Pillars of Orthodoxy in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania. 

This year, the Parish celebrated its festivity together with two hierarchs, Bishop Gregory of Brookline and the newly-consecrated, Bishop Andrew of Markham, as well as with the visiting clergy, monastics and faithful  from Toronto, Massachusetts. Maryland and Virginia. 

During the Festal Hierarchical Liturgy, Fr. Rodion (Laskowski), the rector of the parish, was elevated to the rank of Protopresbyter, in token of deep gratitude for over three decades of faithful service to the parish. AXIOS!

Axios! Axios! Axios!

We are happy to share the joyous news that on February 25/March 10, the Meat-fare Sunday, in the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas of the Metropolis of Toronto, Priestmonk Andrew was consecrated as the Auxiliary Bishop of Markham. Many Years, Vladyko!