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His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon has accepted an invitation from His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy of the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul’s Phanar district on March 20, 2016. Also concelebrating with the Ecumenical Patriarch will be the members of the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

The service of Holy Unction was served at Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral, Montreal, on March 15.

Celebrating were Archbishop Irénée and seven priests from the Montreal area: Archpriest Anatoly Melnyk, the rector, Priest Vasily Tsaritsyn, attached priest, Priest Aleksandr Janovski, Priest Justin Mitchel (St Benoit Church), Priest Nicolay, Priest Ivan and Priest Dragosh (St Benoit Church).

Yesterday (13 March) in Montreal, His Eminence Archbishop Irénée celebrated Matins followed by Divine Liturgy at the parish of St. Benoît of Nursie, on the occasion of the Feast Day of St. Benoît.

On Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11, 2016, the Audit Committee of the Archdiocese of Canada (Very Rev. Rodion Luciuk, Mr. German Ovodov, Mr. Reuben Penner, Mr. Gregory Rychlo) assembled in the Archdiocesan office in Rawdon with the Chancellor, Very Rev. Anatoliy Melnyk and the Treasurer, Rev. Justin Mitchell, for the annual audit of the Archdiocese. They successfully completed their work on Saturday morning. The report will be given to the Archdiocesan Council next month.