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Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Milton, Ontario)
The Holy Transfiguration Monastery ( sr, / ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery. It is located in Campbellville, Milton, Ontario and it serves as the headquarters of the Eparchy of Canada. It is the first and only Serbian Orthodox monastery in Canada. History The monastery was built on 43 acres of land purchased in 1984 and blessed four years later in 1988. Beside the Holy Transfiguration Church, there is a residence, library and museum with over 10,000 books. The frescoes were painted by Mr. Dragan Marunic, the famous painter from Belgrade, Serbia. Upon completion, the monastery was blessed by the Serbian Patriarch Pavle on June 12, 1994. The first Serbian cemetery in Canada is located on the grounds of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Many relics are kept in the monastery such as holy bones of St. Vasily, St. Irina, St. Ignatius and many others. Since the land surrounding the monastery is used as a picnic area during summer, there are playgrounds, and many sports fields all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina are members of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is organized into metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitanates and eparchies, located primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia. Other congregations are located in the Serb diaspora. The Serbian Patriarch serves as first among equals in his church. The current patriarch is Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Porfirije, enthroned on 19 February 2021. The Church achieved Autocephaly, autocephalous status in 1219, under the leadership of Saint Sava, becoming the independent Archbishopric of Žiča. Its status was elevated to that of a patriarchate in 1346, and was kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Canadians
The community of Serbian Canadians ( sr, Канадски Срби/Kanadski Srbi) includes Canadian citizens of Serb ethnicity, or people born in Serbia who permanently reside in Canada. Serbs (and Serbians) have migrated to Canada in various waves during the 20th century. Today there are five or more generations of Serbs in the country. The 2016 census recorded 96,530 people in Canada declaring themselves as "Serbian". Serbian Canadians generally belong to the Serbian Orthodox Church and follow the Eastern Orthodox tradition. History The first Serbs to arrive in Canada came to British Columbia in the 1850s. Many of them came from the state of California in the United States, while others directly emigrated from the Balkans. They primarily originated from the Bay of Kotor and the Dalmatian coast which had similar climates as their destinations. A second wave of Serb emigration occurred from 1900 to 1914. In both instances, the majority of these migrants came from territories cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Monasteries
This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Christian Monastery, monasteries in Serbia and near areas (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo), also Romania, Hungary, Greece, Germany, United States, United States of America, Canada, and Australia. Stauropegions There are two stauropegion monasteries in the Serbian Orthodox Church, that are directly subordinated to the Serbian patriarch: Archeparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci Source Eparchy of Srem Source Eparchy of Banat Source Eparchy of Bačka Eparchy of Šabac Source Eparchy of Valjevo Source Eparchy of Šumadija Source Eparchy of Vranje Source Eparchy of Timok Source Eparchy of Kruševac Source Eparchy of Žiča Source Eparchy of Niš Source: https://eparhijaniska.rs/manastiri Eparchy of Braničevo Eparchy of Mileševa Source In Serbia In Montenegro Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, Eparchy of Ras and Prizren Source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Orthodox Church Buildings In Canada
Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads * Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) * Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Church Buildings In Canada
Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (other) * Serbians * Serbia (other) * Names of the Serbs and Serbia Names of the Serbs and Serbia are terms and other designations referring to general terminology and nomenclature on the Serbs ( sr, Срби, Srbi, ) and Serbia ( sr, Србија/Srbija, ). Throughout history, various endonyms and exonyms have bee ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Michael The Archangel Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto)
Saint Michael the Archangel Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска православна црква Светог Архангела Михаила) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a Serbian Eastern Orthodox church which is not a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church due to a tumultuous history. In 2008, the church was showcased in the annual Doors Open Toronto event. History The church structure was built in 1890 as an Anglican church. In 1964, it was bought by the Serbian Canadian community to serve as the city's second Serbian Orthodox church (the first being the Saint Sava Church in Cabbagetown). The church is located in Dovercourt Park on 212 Delaware Avenue just across the street from Ossington station. Stylistically, the church building synthesizes Serbian late-Byzantine architectural-styles and icon styles. It has many copper domes, cupolas and trim. The reason a second church was sought was the 1963 schism where Serbs in North America, distraught th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto)
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска православна црква Светог Саве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to Saint Sava, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the first Serbian Orthodox church built in Toronto and is commonly referred to as the mother church. History Bishop (now Saint) Nikolaj Velimirović blessed the Church Hall on September 5, 1954. The church was completed and consecrated on May 22, 1955, by Bishop Dionisije Milivojević. Princess Olga (sister of Russian Emperor Nicholas II) attended the celebration and banquet, donating an icon of St. Alexander Nevski made by her own hand. In May 2016, a car crashed into the church. See also * Serbian Canadians * Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada * Holy Transfiguration Monastery * Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Hamilton, Ontario) * All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church (Montreal)
The Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church is a Serbian Orthodox Church in Westmount, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. The church is a parish of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada under the omophorion of Bishop Mitrofan. Background and history Serbs arrived in Montreal in the early 20th century. On 23 February 1954, Bishop Dionisije (Milivojević) appointed hieromonk Justinian (Ilkić) to the Serbian community of Montreal as their parish priest, the same year he arrived in Canada. Justinian Ilkić was a seminary graduate and former monk of the Monastery of Visoki Dečani in the Serbian province of Kosovo whose abbot was Dionisije himself before he became Bishop (1939) and took over the American-Canadian Diocese in 1940. Father Justinian gathered all Montreal Serbs on 6 February 1954 and formed a Church School Congregregation at a rented Ukrainian Church hall where they elected the first Church Board on 3 March 1954. With the arrival of V. Rev. Dimitrije Najdanović from Derby i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Mississauga)
All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Храм сабора српских светитеља) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to all the Serbian saints. History The construction of the church began in February 1983 with the purchase of the property located in Applewood Heights which previous to that was a school property. The main architect of the project was the eminent architect from Belgrade Predrag Ristić. The foundation stone was blessed and laid by the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavle during his visit to Canada on June 14, 1994. The foundations of the new church were blessed by the Bishop of Canada Georgije (Đokić) on November 26, 1995. Due to the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia, the construction of the church was halted and was continued in 1999. The construction was completed in the Spring of 2002. The church is built in the Byzantine style, traditional for Orthodox churche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy Of Canada
The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada ( sr, Српска православна епархија канадска, ) is a diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Its headquarters (the Holy Transfiguration Monastery) and bishop's residence are in Campbellville, Milton, Ontario with the Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario serving as the cathedral church. Its current primate is Bishop Mitrofan (Kodić). History and organization The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada, part of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, is an integral part of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate with its See in Belgrade, and accordingly answers to its national church, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), one of the autocephalous and canonical Orthodox Christian churches. The Serbian Orthodox Diocese in the United States and Canada was established in 1921. In 1963, it was reorganized into three sections and in 1983, a fourth diocese was created specifically for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Hamilton, Ontario)
The Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Cathedral ( sr, Српски Православни Саборни Храм Светог Оца Николаја, Srpski Pravoslavni Saborni Hram Svetog Oca Nikolaja) is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral located at 149 Nash Road South, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Nearby, on Barton street there is another house of worship also named after St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the oldest Serbian church in Eastern Canada: St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church (built in 1917). See also *Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church *Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada * Holy Transfiguration Monastery *Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church (Montreal) *Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto) *Saint Arsenije Sremac Serbian Orthodox Church *All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Mississauga) *Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church (Regina) *Saint Michael the Archangel Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto) *St. Stefan Serbian Orthodox Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
