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The holy wonderworking icon of the Mother of God "the Abbess of the Holy Mount Athos" will be available in Christ the Saviour Cathedral for veneration on Saturday November 15, Sunday November 16, and Monday, November 17, along with the holy relics of St Gabriel of Mount Athos.

The Enthronement of Bishop Irénée as Bishop of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada will take place on Saturday, November 29 with a primatial Divine Liturgy at 10am, at Annunciation/St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Ottawa.

The Liturgy will be followed by a celebratory banquet at the cathedral. Tickets will be $10 each and must be reserved in advance.

If you are planning to attend the banquet, RSVP to Debora Quayle at debora.quayle@gmail.com before November 20.

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014—the opening day of the fall session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America—His Grace, Bishop Irénée of Québec City and Igumen Paul [Gassios] were canonically elected to the vacant Episcopal Sees of Canada and Chicago and the Midwest. In addition, the Holy Synod elected Igumen David [Brum] to serve as Auxiliary to His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West as Bishop of Santa Rosa, CA.

Father Deacon Gleb Melnyk was ordained by His Grace Bishop Irénée at Sts Peter and Paul Sobor in Montréal on 14/1 October, the feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Pokrov).