Visit by His Eminence Gabriel, Archbishop of Montreal and Canada of the Western Deanery on the feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Translation of the Image of Christ the Savior Not Made by Hands.translated
On August 28/15, on the very day of the great feast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, His Eminence Bishop Gabriel led the Divine Liturgy in the Church of All Saints (Calgary, Alberta)
Concelebrating with the Ruling Bishop was the rector of All Saints Parish, Priest Dimitri Grigoriev, Archpriest Alexander Koval, second priest of the Church of All Saints and rector of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George in In Red Deer, Archpriest Viktor Kramarenko with Protodeacon of St. Nicholas Cathedral (Montreal, Quebec) Boris Sidorenko and Deacon Vladimir Medvedev (Church of All Saints).
At the Sixth Hour, His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel performed the ordination of Reader Timothy Berg as subdeacon, blessing him for further church service.
During the Divine Liturgy, the clergy and numerous parishioners, with one mouth and one heart, offered prayers to the Lord, glorifying His Most Pure Mother on the day of Her glorious Dormition.
On Saturday, August 29, the day of remembrance of the Translation of the Image of Christ the Savior Not Made by Hands, and on Sunday, August 30, His Eminence Bishop Gabriel visited the parish of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Lethbridge, Alberta).…
