News & Events

His Eminence Archbishop Irénée visited a number of different communities on a recent trip to British Columbia:

• All Saints of Alaska Church, Victoria (Fr Kyle Parrot)
• St Alexander Nevsky Mission, Victoria (Fr Evgeniy Prokhin)
• Holy Apostles Barnabas Mission, Comox (Fr Alexis Nikkel)
• Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Fr Gregory, Fr Samuel and Monk Moses) in Lone Butte
• Divine Liturgy for Ascension at Holy Apostles Church, Chilliwack (Fr Matthew Francis)

On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, Archpriest Nicolas Boldireff fell asleep in the Lord at age 78 after a long illness.  He had been a priest of the Orthodox Church in America, serving parishes in both the United States and Canada, for more than half a century. 

The clergy and faithful of Montreal parishes congregated at Saints Peter & Paul Cathedral to celebrate the Vespers of the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The service was presided by His Eminence Archbishop Irénée and clergy of the OCA parishes, Archpriest Anatoliy Melnyk, Archpriest Alexander Janowski, Archpriest Paul Kara, Priest Gleb Melnyk, Priest Alexandru Gheras, and Priest Elias Fonseca, Deacon Denis Letunovsky, and Deacon Dmitry Belyaykov. Four choirs participated in French, Moldavian, English and Slavonic. The sermon was given by the Rev.