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Noble Joseph House seeks your support as part of your 2025 Lenten Offering.
Community Hub, with the blessing of Metropolitan Gregory is now Noble Joseph House Ministry. This ministry, named after St. Joseph of Arimathea, a quiet figure in scripture, who played a decisive role following Christ's death, strives to nourish the corporeal and spiritual needs of the community, through fellowship and care. The activities Noble Joseph House (NJH) offers to the community include:
Our Community Most members of the community at an NJH evening, are non-believers or those estranged from the faith of their upbringing. But we also draw people various cultures and faiths -- Christian, Muslim, Hindu to name some. Some are unhoused, others live in the Regent Park community. Many friends will travel hours, from across the city, to get together. Led by the St. Silouan parish community, responding to the needs in Regent Park, NJH strives to accompany members of our community throughout the natural course of life, from conception to death, ensuring that even at a person's greatest hour of need they are never abandoned, even to the grave. From preparing baby blankets for expecting families, to offering prayers and burials for the deceased who go unclaimed by their kin, we continue the practice of tending to all, for every want, just as St. Joseph once tended to Christ. 
NJH Goals for 2025
In January we started a regular medical clinic. With your support we hope to launch a foot care clinic and nutritional support and lifestyle guidance for those living with diabetes. There is a great need for this, as approximately 30-40% of those who come to NJH live with diabetes. We will soon be adding additional meals, as well as counselling services. This means committing to new investments: · An autoclave for sterilization of medical equipment: ~$5000 · Furniture for clinic space: ~$1200 · Increased food budget for meals: ~$4000 · Other supplies: plates, sterno warmers, cleaning supplies etc.: $2,600 Your donation of: · $750 serves a month of meals in our expanded program. · $25 supplies the knitting club for a month. · $20 feeds one of our tables of 5 adult friends Support Noble Joseph House "Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same." Luke 3:11 Your support will help Noble Joseph House grow love, compassion, and community guided by the quiet care of St. Joseph of Arimathea. Together, let us fulfil this Lenten season with time of giving and sharing. Please see Join or Support for details on how to donate by cheque, e-transfer and in-person. St. Silouan the Athonite Orthodox Church is a registered charity. Charitable receipts will be issued for all donations over $20. Our charitable number is: BN 79344 8671 RR0001. With the blessing of our father and hierarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa, our mission parish in Toronto is pleased to announce the establishment of a new mission parish in the East Gwillimbury area, located north of the Greater Toronto Area, just north of the Green Lane and east of Bayview. We invite you to join us for our inaugural Divine Liturgy on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Divine Liturgies will also be held on the first Saturday of each month, followed by a light Agape meal. All are welcome to attend. Location: Dining Hall of Sharon-Hope United Church (18648 Leslie St, Sharon, ON L0G 1V0) https://maps.app.goo.gl/drQeN5WtWaaHWpqw5 Schedule: - Setup, Hours, and Proskomedia: 9:00 AM - Divine Liturgy: 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM - Fellowship and Light Meal: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Cleanup and Farewell: 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM As this Saturday coincides with Soul Saturday, we invite all to bring koliva and join us in prayer for the faithful departed, as we remember those who have fallen asleep in the Lord.  St Silouan the Athonite Orthodox Church in Toronto now has a YouTube channel. Please visit https://www.youtube.com/@St.SilouanTheAthonite and subscribe for FREE to get notified of live streamed Divine Liturgies, or to get access to Orthodox Hymns and Homilies.  https://www.youtube.com/@St.SilouanTheAthonite This year the parish ventured to the shores of Lake Ontario in our annual tradition to bless the lake after the Theophany Divine Liturgy. Many braved the cold weather to pray for the life of the world and for our precious and blessed city. After the blessing of the lake there was a joyful feasting at a local fast food restaurant.
As 2025 approaches, St. Silouan the Athonite Orthodox Church celebrates growth, blessings, and continued outreach in the heart of Toronto. Over the past year, the parish has expanded by 20%, welcomed new catechumens, and enriched its spiritual and community life through initiatives like Phos (our Sunday school program) expansion, a vibrant liturgical life, and local outreach.
Highlights include:
To read the full appeal letter with details and images CLICK HERE. This year, the church aims to raise $25,000 to support these programs and expand its ministry. Donations over $500 will be acknowledged with a name inscription on the parish’s iconostasis.
Thank you for supporting our mission to reflect Christ’s love in the heart of Regent Park!
PS: This year's fund-raising campaign is acutely challenged by the Canada Post strike: we cannot get our Christmas appeal letters out. If you could forward or share the link to this page, to someone you know, it would be greatly appreciated.  Join us Saturday, December 7th at 5pm for our annual Saint Nicholas Day Celebration at St Silouan Orthodox Church 237 Sackville Street (Lower Level), Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3G1.
Please RSVP if you're bringing children so we can let St Nicholas know ASAP.  His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa arrived today and was welcomed by members of the St Silouan Orthodox Church Ministries Council and Church Board. His Eminence prayed for the whole community and shared words of encouragement and answered questions over a delicious meal as he begins his Archpastoral visit in Toronto.
 Archpastoral Visit of our Hierarch His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa
Please join us as we welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa who is the hierarch of our diocese. There are many days planned for all of us to spend time with His Eminence so make sure to book off that weekend! Schedule:
 Join us this Saturday September 14th in the morning at 9am for a teaching liturgy.
Open to all -- from cradle Orthodox to the new and curious, just drop by our church. This is a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of the meaning and spirit that gives life to the traditions and practices of our ancient faith. We will be doing the Proskomedia in the center of the church and we'll pause to explain some key points throughout the service. After the service there will be an opportunity to have your questions answered during refreshments. See you there! "Desiring to glorify as is meet the ancient saints of the West, of lands which had fallen away from the truth, thou didst revive their veneration in the Orthodox Church, O lover of the saints of the East and the West. With them pray thou today in heaven on behalf of us who chant on earth: Alleluia!" + Kontakion 7 from the Akathist to St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. After the Community Hub dinner this past Monday (July 1) the parish and visitors from the wider Orthodox community gathered together to pray the Akathist to St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. FrDn Michael brought out the Parish's Icon of St John which contains the beloved saint's relics and led the community in singing the beautiful Akathist that commemorates and petitions St John the wonderworker for his help and prayers for the life of the world. "Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes!" |
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