Date/Time: Friday 26 January - Saturday 27 January
Guest Speaker: Nicole M. Roccas 
Topic: Time and Trauma
Author and certified trauma-informed coach. Through writing, speaking, and work with clients, she seeks to help others locate meaning from within the toughest issues of life and faith, like despondency, grief, and trauma

To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, 
My Beloved Children in the Lord, 

Christ is born! Glorify him!

‘But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Rise, take the Child and his Mother, and go to the land of Israel…”’ (Mt. 2:19-20) 

On Sunday, October 16, the Sts Peter and Paul Sobor (Montréal, QC) welcomed «The Sign» (Kursk Root / Kurskaya-Korennaya) Icon of the Mother of God.

The visit was blessed by Archpriest George Lagodich, serving at St Nicholas Cathedral (ROCOR, Montréal). The Icon stayed there from October 15th till October 16th.

The Clergy of Sts Peter and Paul Sobor and the faithful served an Akathist in front of the Icon and venerated it.

On her way the Icon was accompanied by Igumen Nikolai Perekrestov (St Nicholas Cathedral).

On Sunday, September 25th, 2022, we were blessed to have His Eminence Archbishop Irénée visit the parish in honour of our feast day and our 20th anniversary.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were Fr Kyle Parrott, Fr Evgeny Prokhin of St Alexander Nevsky Mission, and Protodeacon Jesse Isaac of St Herman of Alaska in Edmonton.

Following liturgy, we had a reception in the hall. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this lovely morning possible. Eis polla eti Despota!

(Photo credit: Peter Ferst)

With faith in Christ and hope in the resurrection, we share news of the falling asleep of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman (Swaiko), retired primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). His Beatitude reposed on September 6, 2022, at the age of 90.