Feast of St. Silouan and Parish Slava: BEST EVER!

​This year marked our fifth Parish Slava since the re-founding of our beautiful community. 

​To celebrate this milestone, with the leadership of Theda, Kathy, Anna and Alexei it seemed like the entire parish community helped put together our best parish Slava ever! 

​The celebration really began Saturday evening with Vespers and artoklasia.  We were honoured to be joined by Fr. Policarp of Holy Cross Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Mono Ontario.

On Sunday, we were blessed with a lovely sunny day.  We did have a back up plan:  Sts. Cyril and Methody Cathedral had kindly offered their hall in case of rain.  But other than a minor plague of hungry but ultimately harmless bees, the park was as much a delight for the adults as it was for the children.  

​The herculean effort of organizing, cleaning, cooking, donating, setting up, and cleaning seemed almost effortless because of the many hands that participated in the celebration. 

A big thank you to the servants known to God who welcomed the many strangers from the highways and byways of Regent Park to join us. It was tremendously heartwarming to see our community joined by so many visitors.   May the Lord continue to bless and multiply our simple offerings, just as He once blessed the five loaves and two fish.

​Blessed and happy feast of our patron, St. Silouan the Athonite to all and everyone!