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His Eminence, Archbishop Irénée, visited Holy Trinity Church in Edmonton, Alberta, on 26 May on the eve of the Feast of Pentecost.

Serving with Vladyka Irénée for the Soul Saturday Liturgy were Fr Philip Speranza and Fr Raphael Johnston (of the Antiochian Archdiocese), along with Protodeacon Jesse Isaac.

For the Vespers of Pentecost on Saturday evening, His Eminence and Protodeacon Jesse were joined by Fr Philip, Fr Raphael, Fr Charalambos Tzintis (of the Greek Archdiocese).

Trinity Sunday, also called Pentecost (the 50th day after Easter), is one of the twelve major Orthodox holidays, celebrated every year with a lot of reverence and joy. On this day all Orthodox churches, are decorated with a lot of verdure. In our St Peter and St Paul Cathedral everything spoke of the feast: green festive vestments of the priests, spring flowers, green icon-lamps, boughs of birch at the royal doors, and freshly cut grass placed on the floor all created a merry and lighthearted ambiance.

The recently-established Orthodox Church of St George in Brantford, Ontario, welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Irénée for their patronal feast on Sunday 6 May (23 April Old Style).

Videos of the visit can be seen on the parish's Facebook page.

His Eminence, Archbishop Irénée ordained Fr Nicolas Svetlovsky to the holy priesthood at St Benoît de Nursie Church in Montréal.

Concelebrating with the archbishop were Fr Gregory Nimijean, Fr Dragos Giulea, Fr Justin Mitchell, Fr Dimitri Choueiry, Archimandrite Marc, and Archdeacon Amvrosi.

Axios, axios, axios! And many years to the newly-ordained Fr Nicolas.