Vladyka Irénée visited St Hilaire de Poitiers Mission in Québec City on Sunday 22 August. Concelebrating with the archbishop were Archpriest Nectaire Femenias and Deacon Denis Letunovsky.

Those that know me well will attest that I almost never post personal messages online, and even more rarely ask for money for the church. But current challenges require that today I do both.

I have been the pastor of St Herman’s church in Langley, BC, since the parish began under the OCA in 1987. We have weathered many challenges and continued to grow, and many men who are now clergy began as catechumens at St Herman’s. My ministry of writing (currently totalling 25 books and well over 400 blog posts) was made possible because of the parish’s support.

The feast of St Seraphim of Sarov was celebrated in Rawdon with a Hierarchical Liturgy with Archbishop Irénée. Concelebrating with Vladyka were Fr Alexander Janowski, Fr Anatoliy Melnyk, Fr Stelian Liabotis, Fr Serafim Tregubov, Fr Alexandru Gheras, and Deacon Denis Letunouski.

The Quebec restriction on outdoor events was raised to 500 people on August. Unfortunately, we did not have that many people for this event, but we did manage to have a good attendance.