« On the 29th week after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Edmonton, Canada »

On December 16, 2018, on the 29th week after Pentecost, on the eve of the parish feast day, His Grace, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Martyr Barbara in Edmonton, Canada.

At the entrance of the temple, the Archpastor was greeted with bread and salt by Roman Lopushinsky, church warden of the Cathedral.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Igor Kisil, Dean of the Patriarchal parishes in Canada and Rector of the Cathedral,  Archpriest Yevgeny Protsenko, Rector of the Parish District "Orthodox IX", Archpriest Vitaly Manoli, Priest Alexey Surayev, Rector of the Parish District "Orthodox V", deacon Andrey Boldyrev and deacon Stephen Nagi.

At the end of the Liturgy, the main shrine of the cathedral, the foot of the holy Great Martyr Barbara, was taken out of the altar for worship. The Right Reverend Archpastor and the serving clergy sung prayerful glorification, at the end of which, according to the tradition established in the parish, Vladyka Matthew anointed all those present with consecrated oil.

After the release of the Divine Liturgy, the Right Reverend Archpastor congratulated everyone with Sunday day and with the coming parish feast day. He then addressed the believers with the word of edification. Vladyka wished the parishioners to spend the remaining days of the fasting in abstinence and sincere prayer in order to bring worthy gifts to the Savior born in Bethlehem -  sincere repentance and clean heart.

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