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Wednesday, September 11 Faith and Love - The Church as Community (part 1 of 3) @ 7:00pm Compline - 8:00pm Thursday, September 12 House of Hospitality - 9:30am to 2:00pm Each Thursday, our St Silouan parish continues the liturgical life of our community - gathering, praying, and sharing a meal together. Come and be connected to others, brothers and sisters in Christ. Saturday, September 14 Divine Liturgy for the Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - 9:30am The cross is the fulcrum point of our salvation. By it all things are destroyed, made a new and given life. It is the lowest point of humanity, the darkest moment, but also the moment of our salvation. It is our defense, our hope and our humility. Apolytikion of Elevation of the Holy Cross: Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting our rulers to prevail over adversaries, and protecting Your commonwealth by Your Cross. Priming, painting, and renovating - 11:00am Come and help in whatever way possible. Bring you children, all are welcome! :) Sunday, September 15 Hours followed by Divine Liturgy, Agape Meal - 9:30am Monday, September 16 Community night - 6:30pm Come one and come all, our temple will open its doors every Monday evenings for all and everyone (within reasonable limits), to come and gather as a holy community. This further movement into the interior of our growth as a parish came about as positive response to a calling God had planted in the hearts of many parishioners and friends of our community. This ministry will be led by our brothers Michael Luciuk, and Bishoy Khalil. Compline - 8:30 
Thursday, September 19 House of Hospitality - 9:30am to 2:00pm Each Thursday, our St Silouan parish continues the liturgical life of our community - gathering, praying, and sharing a meal together. Come and be connected to others, brothers and sisters in Christ. Saturday, September 21 - PARISH SLAVA! 1:30PM - Community BBQ, Games, and Wooly in Regent Park! A sign up sheets have been posted on our bulletin board. Let's role up our sleeves and welcome others in - our families, friends, colleagues those who live around us in the Regent Park community. 5:30PM - Vespers for the Feast of St. Silouan the Athonite Celebrate the prefeast of our Patron St. Silouan: who teaches how to deal with despair, with humility, how to love those who hates us by running toward our beloved Saviour
Sunday, September 21
Hours followed by Divine Liturgy, Agape Meal - 9:30am
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We are excited to have a intense first week of the Dormition Fast. The Dormition Fast can actually be thought of as the fast of the Process of Salvation, we start with the Cross, then meet at the transformation and encounter of the Transifiguration and end with the Falling Asleep of the new Eve (Theotokos). So while its about the Theotokos its more about her as the model for our lives. She heard the word of God and kept it so well, that she of all women in history was chosen not only to hear His Word but give birth to it (Him). So while we fast in contemplation of her life, we are simultaneously preparing ourselves to live a life in imitation of her
Thursday, August 1 St. Silouan House of Hospitality - 9:30am to 2:30pm Each Thursday, our St Silouan parish continues the liturgical life of our community - gathering, praying, and sharing a meal together. Come and be connected to others, brothers and sisters in Christ. For those who cannot for one reason or another be present during this communal work of mercy, you can participate through your prayers as well as through an offering. If you are interested, please speak to Fr. Paul about offering food/or the cost of a meal in memorial of a loved one. If you'd like to stop by and grab a cup of coffee with the community and/or Fr. Paul, by all means, please do! Vespers for Elevation of the Cross & Lesser Blessing of Waters - 6:30pm to 8:00pm Let us come together in prayer and contemplation, drawing the beauty of our Lord's Cross into the depths our very being. Without such contemplation, there can be no imitation of so great a love. " Come, all ye kindred of the nations, with hymns let us honor the Cross of the Lord. Rejoice, O Cross, thou perfect redemption of fallen Adam." Friday, August 2 Paraclesis to the Theotokos - 6:30pm to 7:30pm " O Theotokos, we shall not cease from speaking of all thy mighty acts, all we the unworthy ones; for if thou hadst not stood to intercede for us, who would have delivered us from such numerous dangers? Who would have preserved us all until now in true freedom? O Lady, we shall not turn away from thee; for thou dost always save thy servants from all manner of grief." Saturday, August 3 - Phase 1 of our renovations @ 12pm By God's grace, we are beginning the beautification of our parish. This Saturday a few faithful (already signed up) will load up a truck with reno' materials and head to church. We need a group of volunteers to arrive at 12pm to help carry the materials out of the truck and into the church. Come whatever your skills, whatever your capacity, and even whatever your kids might be doing (in fact, if you have kids, come and give them memories of their parents building a church). We'll do this until we begin vespers. - Vespers @ 4:30 pm (Holy 7 Youths of Ephesus) Apolytikion of Holy 7 Youths of Ephesus Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful. Kontakion of Holy 7 Youths of Ephesus They that scorned all things in the world as corrupted and found the gifts that nothing ever corrupteth, behold, they died, and yet corruption touched them not. Wherefore after many years once again they all rose up, burying all unbelief of malicious revilers. Ye faithful, let us laud the seven youths with hymns of praise on this day, while extolling Christ. Sunday, August 4 - Hours and Divine Liturgy + Agape Meal @ 9:30 am (Holy 7 Youths of Ephesus) Monday, August 5 - Vesperal Liturgy and Blessing of Fruits for Transfiguration @ 6:30 pm Come experience the major feast that celebrates God giving us a foretaste of his Glory and the promise that he gives us a taste before the hard road to our final victory. Christ revealed himself in this life, therefore there is a hope thatwe can experience him where we are! Its also the anniversery Other reminders Thursday, July 18
St. Silouan House of Hospitality - 9:30am to 2:30pm Each Thursday, St Silouan continues the liturgical life of our community - gathering, praying, and sharing a meal together. Come and be connected to others, brothers and sisters in Christ. For those who cannot for one reason or another be present during this communal work of mercy, you can participate through your prayers, and if you are interested, please speak to Fr. Paul about offering food/or the cost of a meal in memorial of a loved one. If you'd like to stop by and grab a cup of coffee with Fr. Paul, by all means, please do! Saturday, July 20 - Parenting towards the Kingdom - 3:30pm The parish is inviting mothers and fathers young and old to swap and share their insights and experiences into how we can guide our children toward engaging with their faith, and deeping their love for the Lord and His Church. The ever talented Polina will be facilitating this round table discussion. Bring your questions, concerns, tips, and whatever else to this hopefully first of many thinking moments on how to best nature and support our kids on their walk with God. - Vespers at 4:30 - Memorial service for all who would like to commemorate a departed loved one immediately following vespers Please note that we generally do not do Pannikedas/Parastas/Memorials on Sundays as some churches do. But instead will be on the Third Saturday of each month after vespers. Sunday, July 21 - Hours and Liturgy: 9:30am - After liturgy this Sunday, our resident church designer, Nick Zigomanis will speak to the community about how we hope to reno' and beautify our space - building Phos (sunday school classrooms etc) Other reminders - If you would like to book a time with Fr. Paul, please send him an email. - Save the date: Kissoon Family BBQ Date: Saturday, August 17 Time: 2 pm It is with great joy that I announce, H.E. Metropolitan Gregory, will be making an Archpastoral visit to our community this weekend! His Eminence has made it a priority to spend time with us, and to continue to help support our parish. Please be advised of His Eminence's scheduled times:
--------------------------------------- Friday July, 05 7pm - Blue jays vs Orioles at the Rogers Centre! All parishioners are welcome to come and watch the game with His Eminence. If you are interested in joining, please RSVP with me (Fr. Paul at paul.tadros@gmail.com) by Thursday at 6:00pm. If you do RSVP as coming, you will be expected to pay for your tickets. If there is enough interest, we may be able to get a group discount, and therefore I don't yet know the price of tickets - but you should expect to pay no more than 30$ Saturday July 06 1:30pm to 3:30pm - Pizza and community time with His Eminence. 4:00pm - Vespers 4:00pm - H.E. Scheduled meetings offsite Sunday July 07 9:30am - Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and Agape with His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory Evening - Meeting with Clergy and Parish Council ----------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours in Christ, Fr. Paul We have a beautiful week planned, do feel free to join us!
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Faith and Love - 7pm Compline - 8pm "Hello, my name is Paul..." This Wednesday evening, Fr. Paul will introduce himself and his perspective of parish health to the community. Take this opportunity to know your priest - ask questions, discuss, and share a cup of coffee with your parish priest. Thursday, June 13, 2019 St. Silouan House of Hospitality - 9:30am to 2:30pm Each Thursday, St Silouan continues the litugical life of our community - gathering, praying, and sharing a meal together. Come and be connected to others, brothers and sisters in Christ. For those who cannot for one reason or another be present during this communal work of mercy, you can participate through your prayers, and if you are interested, please speak to Fr. Paul about offering food/or the cost of a meal in memorial of a loved one. If you'd like to stop by and grab a cup of coffee with Fr. Paul, by all means, please do! Saturday, June 15, 2019 Greenification – 2 pm Join us at 2 pm and help us decorate our parish in green –the colour of life, for the Holy Spirit. Before making the trip to St. Silouan’s: 1. grab a garbage bag or basket and a pair of shears or scissors; 2. visit your backyard or a field or river trail or ravine; 3. respectfully harvest whatever greenery is available: grasses to spread on the floor; green vines (which grow as weeds) to wrap around icons or windowsills or other areas; green branches or blossoming branches; flowers are always welcome….as they complement the green; potted plants are also welcome. 4. Bring your greenery to the parish by 2 pm or shortly afterwards;, we’ll start decorating at about 2:30 together as a community. Vigil for the Feast of Pentecost - 5pm - Come let us with one voice glorify the coming of the Holy Spirit, who "called all to unity". Sunday of Pentecost, June 16, 2019 Hours - 930am Divine liturgy for Pentecost - 10am Agape meal - 11:30am Kneeling Vespers - 12:30PM Troparion — Tone 8 Blessed art You O Christ Our God / You have revealed the fishermen as most wise / By sending down upon them the Holy Spirit / Through them You drew the world into Your net / O Lover of Man, Glory to You! Kontakion — Tone 8 When the most High came down and confused the tongues, / He divided the nations; / But when he distributed the tongues of fire / He called all to unity. / Therefore, with one voice, we glorify the All-holy Spirit! FYI: Parish Annual General Meeting Our Annual General Meeting will be next week June 20th, don't forget to get your membership and stewardship forms to Theda or Bogdan. Wishing you a joyous and fruitful Pascha. Christ is Risen and Hell's power is shattered, where O Death is thy sting? Thank you to everyone who made Pascha so beautiful and helped us in the long road to this moment. It truly was a joyous feast, proclaiming light to the darkness, dueling processions, a packed beautiful decorated new church, a great choir, and an amazing feast in the early hours of the morning. We hope you have gotten some time to rest. As a reminder we have two services this week: Paschal Canon and Liturgy: Wednesday @6:30pm Paschal Canon and Liturgy for St Thomas Sunday: Sunday @ 9:30am See you there! From our multicultural family:
New Location By God's grace we are at our new location: 237 Sackville Street Toronto, Ontario M5A 3G1 (Enter by the three doors at street level on Sackville Ave. Once inside, head downstairs and enter the first door on the right.) There is no dedicated parking so you may wish to use street parking or the Green P lot across from the church. We wish to thank everyone who helped us move and St George's Macedono-Bulgarian Orthodox Church for hosting us for the last two months. We are truly blessed by the generosity we have been shown and God's amazing hand in all of this. Upcoming Services The next week is a busy one as we journey to the Cross and on to the Joyous Resurrection. Come, join us! As Christ invited us, "keep watch with Me."
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There is a signup sheet for our tradition of breaking the fast of Pascha after liturgy. Do sign up if you can and don't feel like you can't stay if you dont bring anything, there will be a lot of food. Other Ways to Help Out
Reception of Jolene and Rowan As you may have heard, with the bishop's blessing we will be receiving Jolene and Rowan through Chrismation into the Orthodox church on St. Basil's Liturgy on Great and Holy Saturday. Prayers would be appreciated for their journey. Resources for Parents Holy Week is a wonderful, special week for Orthodox Christians. It is also filled with long services that can be challenging to anyone, but especially to young children. This post offers suggestions for Holy Week that can help to make Holy Week more meaningful for children of different ages. There are many ideas here. They range from ideas of ways to prepare yourself for the week to ways to help your children understand the services to crafty things you can do together. Check out these ideas if you have time, and apply any that you wish. Please do not let these many suggestions discourage you, especially if you do not have the energy to add “one more thing” to your family’s schedule! You know your family, and what each member needs the most. So live accordingly!
Above all, let us love our Lord and each other throughout Holy Week. May we live this week together, in awe of His compassion and mercy, and in gratitude for His great gift to us. May all that we do (or do not do!) prepare us to celebrate His holy resurrection! SEE YOU AT THE FINISH LINE! St. Silouan has moved to a new home at 237 Sackville Street! A few words from Father Paul on our move:
"...[O]ur first Divine Liturgy at our 237 Sackville location (lower level) will fittingly be held on Lazarus Saturday at 9:30 am. Enter by the three doors at street level on Sackville Ave. Once inside, head downstairs and enter the first door on the right. [...] May this new temple be a place for us to grow older together, to see our children pray and play together, to welcome the stranger together, to laugh and even cry together. May it be a place of many Holy gatherings, pleasing in the Lord’s sight." All are welcome to this weekend's Lenten Retreat with the much beloved, Very Rev. Fr. Maxym and Matushka Yvonne Lysack! See poster for details  St Mary of Egypt's life is a story of the power of God's grace and mercy as we seek true repentance. God takes us through the desert in order to purify us and prepare us for his glory of the Promised land. Each desert is unique to our woundedness and calling., but the desert is not enough, we need each other. St Zosima, a lauded monk, is taught humility and true monastic life by a woman (whom he was least expecting) and St Mary learns to reset her unhealthy relationship with men by a relationship with the holy St Zosima. God has prepared them for this moment of encounter. Come and see how God can create great beauty out of the ashes of our lives.
Upcoming Services
Lenten Retreat In order to renew our lifes we are having a retreat this Friday, Saturday and Sunday with our Dean Fr. Maxyme. This is a great chance to get confession as well as refocus on our life in Christ. Reminder Earlier Start Time To accommodate our host parish shorter service, we will be starting at 9:00am for the hours and 9:30am for the Liturgy of St Basil for the next two Sundays. Look forward to seeing you there! Update on New Location We are hoping to sign a lease very soon and be able to start Holy Week in the new location, do pay attention to announcements in the upcoming weeks about location of services. :) Reception of Jolene and Rowan As you may have heard, with the bishop's blessing we will be receiving Jolene and Rowan through Chrismation into the Orthodox church on St. Basil's Liturgy on Great and Holy Saturday. Prayers would be appreciated for their journey. Thank You Thank you to Bogdan for hosting last week and Theda and Nick for hosting Akathists at your home, we are truly blessed to be able to pray and fellowship together. A continued thank you for all those that have stepped up to take care of the chapel,setup, the food, Phos, the Choir, read the services, building liturgical items, or just helping with community; we are truly blessed by gift of your time! Cleanup Crew We need volunteers to help setup the church on Sundays about 45 minutes before the service. (ie 8:15 am on Sunday). This will hopefully alleviate the burden on Fr. and a small group that have been doing it. Please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dkBE_ieiI8Bhhdmh68DgPboJDDdOiFL3JI920jSI2k0/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=100380447218779408151 If you would be able to help with reading, please sign up here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pNJgJKwHvxUp-96M4-Q5WuIMgUefkF9NfcDhiBRPqaI/edit?usp=sharing Icons Does anyone have a nice icon (written or printed) at home that would be appropriate for an upcoming feast? Anyone with some icon calendar taking up space? We need it! Please talk to Subdn Michael, in particular we need:
LITURGY EPISTLES: Hebrews 6.13-20 and Ephesians 5.9-19 LITURGY GOSPELS: Mark 9.17-31 and Matthew 4.25-5.12 Troparion — Tone 1 Dweller of the desert and angel in the body, / you were shown to be a wonder-worker, our God-bearing Father John. / You did receive heavenly gifts through fasting, vigil, and prayer: / healing the sick and the souls of those drawn to you by faith. / Glory to Him who gave thee strength! / Glory to Him who granted you a crown! / Glory to Him who through you grants healing to all! Kontakion — Tone 4 The Lord truly set youon the heights of abstinence, / to be a guiding star, showing the way to the universe, / O our Father and Teacher John. |
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