Major Pastoral Acts, 1999

ARCHDIOCESE OF CANADA, ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
MAJOR PASTORAL ACTS 1987 - 2014
MAJOR PASTORAL ACTS 1999


JANUARY

26

Priest Leonid Misnik was suspended from all functions of the Holy Priesthood. He left his assignment without a blessing.

31

Archpriest John C Scratch, retaining all his other duties, was released from his responsibility as Interim Priest-in-charge of the Church of Saint Herman of Alaska in Edmonton, Alberta.

Priest Dennis Pihach, remaining Chancellor of the Archdiocese, was released from his duties as Rector of the Church of Saint Mark in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and as Priest-in-charge of the Yorkton Area Churches in Montmartre, Stenen, Canora, Green Leaf, Hampton, Rhein, and of the Yorkton Area Mission Chapels, and Cemeteries.

FEBRUARY

1

Priest Dennis Pihach was assigned to be Rector of the Church of Saint Herman of Alaska in Edmonton, Alberta.

MARCH

14

At the Divine Liturgy at Christ the Saviour Russian Orthodox Sobor, in Toronto, Ontario, Deacon Miroslaw Wojtiuk was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

Priest Miroslaw Wojtiuk was attached at Christ the Saviour Sobor in Toronto, Ontario.

25

Priest Wasyl Kolega was received “on loan” from Bishop Gurii (Kuzmenko) of Zhitomir, Ukraine. He was attached at Saint Herman of Alaska’s Church in Edmonton, Alberta, for Deanery Supply in rural areas.

APRIL

26

Priest Nicholas Kondratyev, “on loan”, was released from his responsibilities at Holy Trinity Sobor in Winnipeg, and at Saint Nicholas’ Church, Sandy Lake, Manitoba.

MAY

1

The Mission Station of the Holy Apostle Barnabas in Comox (Comox Valley), British Columbia, was elevated to the status of a Mission Parish.

15

At the Divine Liturgy, at the Mission of the Holy Apostle Barnabas, Comox, British Columbia, the Subdeacon Alexis A Nikkel was ordained to the Holy Diaconate.

Deacon Alexis A Nikkel was assigned to the Mission of Saint Barnabas in Comox (Comox Valley), British Columbia.

AUGUST

1

The Mission of Saint Vladimir, Prince of Kyiv was blessed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

2

Priest Evan Lowig was suspended from all functions of the Holy Priesthood because of a difficulty with addiction.

7

Priest Evan Lowig was released from his responsibility as Rector of Saint Michael’s, Sachawa ; of Nativity of the Theotokos, Kysylew ; of Dormition of the Theotokos, Shandro ; of Saint Michael’s, Peno ; of Holy Trinity, Smoky Lake ; of Ascension, Wasel, and of Saint Elias, Pakan.

15

Priest Vladimir Tobin was received from the omophor of Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. He was attached at the Mission of Saint Vladimir, Prince of Kyiv in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

SEPTEMBER

25

The Hermitage of Saint Anthony the Great in Westport, Ontario was blessed.

29

Archpriest Michael Fourik was received through Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor) from the Moscow Patriarchate into the Archdiocese of Canada.

OCTOBER

1

Archpriest John C Scratch was released from his duties as Dean of Ontario, and as Second Priest at the Chapel of Saint Silouan in Johnstown, Ontario. He was assigned to be Second Priest at the Church of Saint Herman of Alaska in Edmonton, Alberta.

The Hermitage of the Holy Transfiguration was blessed at Gibson’s Landing, British Columbia.

Schema-Igumen Gregory (Papazian) was assigned to be the Igumen of the Hermitage of the Holy Transfiguration in Gibson’s Landing, British Columbia.

NOVEMBER

12

The establishment of a Monastic Chapel in the name of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, under the Communité Monastique de Saint-Séraphim de Sarov, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was blessed.

15

Archpriest Michael Fourik was assigned to be Acting Rector of the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Archpriest Andrey Somow was granted retirement. He was attached at the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Priest Philip Speranza was assigned to be Second Priest at the Church of the Holy Martyr Peter the Aleut, in Calgary, Alberta.

DECEMBER

26

At the Divine Liturgy in Saint Herman of Alaska’s Church in Edmonton, Alberta, Deacon Ronald Victor Poworoznik was ordained to the Holy Priesthood. He was temporarily attached at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary in New York, as a student.