The 24th annual conference of the Orthodox Christian Women of Montréal will be held on Saturday 17 March 2018 from 10am to 4pm at St George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 555 Jean Talon Est.

The conference theme is "Orthodox Witness in a Multicultural World." Fr Cyprian Hutcheon will be speaking on "Who is my neighbour?" (from the gospel parable of the Good Samaritan) and "The sacrament of the neighbour" (from St John Chrysostom).

Saint Arseny Orthodox Christian Theological Institute has published a calendar of classes for the Diaconate Certificate Program for 2018. The Saint Arseny Institute has been in operation for over 15 years providing classes for priests, the diaconate, readers and lay people. If you look around your parish, you may know some readers, subdeacons, deacons and priests who have received training from the Saint Arseny Institute.

The clergy and faithful of St Aidan of Lindisfarne Orthodox Church in Cranbrook, BC blessed their local Joseph Creek on the Feast of Theophany.

The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ was celebrated at Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Montréal with His Eminence Archbishop Irénée presiding at the celebration of the Divine Liturgy.

Photos of the Liturgy on Christmas Day at Paroisse Saint-Benoît-de-Nursie in Montréal. Concelebrating with His Eminence, Archbishop Irénée, were Fr Dragos Giulea, Fr Andrei Syrkin, Fr Dimitri Choueiri, Fr Mykola Andriienko and Archdeacon Amvrosi.

The Feast of the Nativity of the Lord is also Vladyka's birthday. De nombreuses années!