Major Pastoral Acts, 2000

ARCHDIOCESE OF CANADA, ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
MAJOR PASTORAL ACTS 1987 - 2014
MAJOR PASTORAL ACTS 2000


MARCH

7

A Mission Station in Grande Prairie, Alberta was blessed.

12

At the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint-Benoît de Nursie in Montréal, Québec, the Archdeacon Luc (Majoros) was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

The Priestmonk Luc (Majoros) was attached at the Communauté Monastique de Saint-Séraphim de Sarov, and assigned also to the Ermitage de la Protection de la Mère de Dieu in Saint-Eusèbe de Témiscouata, Québec.

MAY

14

At the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Deacon Phillip Eriksson was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

Deacon Phillip Eriksson was attached at Holy Resurrection Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

At the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the Subdeacon Taras Papish was ordained to the Holy Diaconate.

Deacon Taras Papish was assigned to Holy Resurrection Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

23

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

JUNE

15

Priest James McLuckie was released from his attachment at the Chapel of Saint Silouan the Athonite in Johnstown, Ontario. He was attached at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection in Vancouver, British Columbia.

21

Priest Matthew Searfoorce was received through Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor) from the Moscow Patriarchate, into the Archdiocese of Canada.

Priest Matthew Seafoorce was assigned to be Priest-in-charge of the Church of Saint John the Divine in Windsor, Ontario.

JULY

1

Archpriest Nicolas Boldireff was released from his responsibility as Rector of Christ the Saviour Sobor in Toronto, Ontario. He was attached at the Chapel of Saint Silouan the Athonite in Johnstown, Ontario.

Priest Rodion Luciuk was assigned to be Rector of the Church of Saint Mark in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, together with the Yorkton Area Churches, Chapels, and Cemeteries.

2

Priest Dennis Pihach, in addition to his other duties, was assigned to be Interim Dean of Alberta.

9

The Mission Station in Grande Prairie, Alberta, was elevated to the status of Mission, and given the name of the Holy Apostle Philip.

AUGUST

3

Archpriest Maxim Baranovski, “on loan” was attached at the Chapel of Saint Silouan the Athonite, in Johnstown, Ontario.

15

A Mission Station in Saint John’s, Newfoundland was blessed.

SEPTEMBER

15

Priest Evan Lowig was released from his responsibilities as Rector of the Churches of Holy Transfiguration, Star ; of Saint Michael, Peno ; of Saints Peter and Paul, Dickie Bush ; of Holy Trinity, Sunland ; of Saint Nicholas, Wostok-Bukovina ; and of Saint Nicholas, Desjarlais, in Alberta.

Priest Evan Lowig was assigned to be Rector of Christ the Saviour Russian Orthodox Sobor in Toronto, Ontario.

OCTOBER

15

Priest Nikolai Nikolaev was released from his duties as Priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity Sobor in Ottawa, Ontario. He was temporarily attached at the Chapel of Saint Silouan the Athonite in Johnstown, Ontario.

NOVEMBER

1

Archpriest Nicolas Boldireff was released from his attachment at the Chapel of Saint Silouan the Athonite in Johnstown, Ontario, and from the Archdiocese of Canada. He was transferred to the omophor of Bishop Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and the West.

DECEMBER

3

At the Church of the Sign of the Theotokos in Montréal, Québec, Deacon Lambros Kamperidis was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

The Priest Lambros Kamperidis was attached at the Church of the Sign of the Theotokos, and he was given temporarily “on loan” to the omophor of Metropolitan Sotirios (Athanassoulas), and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto.

24

At the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Herman of Alaska in Edmonton, Alberta, Deacon Michael Schaplowsky was received by vesting from the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Deaon Michael Schaplowsky was assigned to be Second Deacon at Saint Herman of Alaska’s Church in Edmonton, Alberta.