Pastoral Acts 2007

Major Pastoral Acts, 2007

ARCHDIOCESE OF CANADA, ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
MAJOR PASTORAL ACTS 1987 - 2014
MAJOR PASTORAL ACTS 2007


JANUARY

1

Deacon Constantine Katsilas was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

The Priest Contantine Katsilas was assigned to be Priest-in-charge of Saint John the Divine’s Church, Windsor, Ontario.

In addition to his other duties, Hieromonk Luke (Majoros) was assigned to be Priest-in-charge of Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Mission in Kingston, Ontario.

10

Priest Walter (Vladimir) Smith was received from Bishop Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. He was assigned to be Priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity Church, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

16

Archpriest Waldemar Kuchta was given the blessing provisionally to serve in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, at the request of Metropolitan John (Stinka) of Winnipeg.

MARCH

1

The Mission of the Holy Apostle Barnabas in Comox, British Columbia, is now to be known as the Mission of the Holy Apostle Barnabas in the Comox Valley, British Columbia.

3

At the Sign of the Theotokos Church, Rasophor Nun Stephanie (Stephanida) was tonsured to the Lesser Schema with the name Stephania. She was attached at the Monastic Community of Saint Silouan of Mount Athos, in Johnstown, Ontario, while remaining at the Sign of the Theotokos Church in Montréal, Québec.

31

At the Chapel of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Holy Transfiguration Hermitage in Gibson’s Landing, British Columbia, Schema-monk-subdeacon Samuel (Panchuk) was ordained to the Holy Diaconate.

The Schema-Hierodeacon Samuel (Panchuk) was assigned to be Deacon to this Hermitage.

APRIL

1

At the Divine Liturgy at Saint Herman of Alaska’s Church, Langley, British Columbia, the Subdeacon Kurt Edward Jordan was ordained to the Holy Diaconate.

Deacon Kurt Edward Jordan was assigned as Deacon to Saint Herman’s Church.

Priest Ronald Poworoznik was assigned to be Rector of the Mission of Saint Athanasius in Sherwood Park, Alberta.

8

Diocesan Paschal Awards

Nabedrennik : Priests John Bingham, Richard René, Christopher Rigden-Briscall, Walter Smith

Kamilavka : Priest John K Hainsworth

Double Orar : Deacons Gregory Kopchuk, Vincent Lehr

8

Holy Synod Spring Session Awards

Igumen (titular) : Hieromonks Daniel (Baeyens), Simeon (Weare)

Archpriest : Priests Andrew Jarmus, James McLuckie, Andrey Somow

Palitsa : Archpriests Michael Fourik, Anatoliy Mel’nyk, Lawrence Reinheimer

MAY

28

The establishment of a Domestic Chapel at the home of Nil and Sheilagh Nellis near Kaslo, British Columbia, was blessed.