Dear parishioners!
Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, church services are limited to clergy, chanters and a few members of our parish community.
All other visitors are asked to wait to attend church until this crisis is over.
CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES FOR MARCH 2020.
March 27, Friday, 6:00pm, Matins – CANCELLED
March 28, Saturday, 10:00am, Liturgy – CANCELLED
April 2, Thursday, 6:00pm, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts – CANCELLED
Great Lent is a time of repentance, improvement and spiritual renewal. During the course of the Fast, we abstain from eating meat and dairy products. All our attention is concentrated on correcting ourselves and on becoming closer to God. To this end we need to engage in intense prayer, read the Holy Scriptures and other beneficial Orthodox literature, reflect on God and our souls’ salvation, zealously and more often attend divine services, to confess and Commune, live quieter, humbler and abstain from everything passionate. To try to forgive and help those in need. Continue reading
A virtual tour of Holy Trinity Church decorated with green branches for the parish feast of Pentecost. Continue reading
People often ask priests: “Why should we go to church every Sunday?” and then they begin to justify themselves. 1. “We need our sleep, then, we need to spend time with the family, do things around the house, etc. And you want us to get up and go to church. What for?” Of course, in order to justify one’s laziness one can come up with various objections. But first we have … Continue reading
Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany talks about how to live and raise children in a world saturated with anti-Christian spirit, challenges facing contemporary monasticism, about gadgets and computers in the Church and the Orthodox understanding of joy and happiness. Continue reading
(Russian) У каждого из нас есть знакомые и даже родные люди, которые с недоумением смотрят на наши сборы в храм. На их лицах написано глубокое непонимание, а порой и возмущение. Иногда оно изливается в слова: «Ну ладно, ударился ты в веру, пусть уж. Но зачем же в храм-то ходить, столько времени и сил на это тратить?! Вот я, к примеру, тоже верующая. Но я верю в душе. Бог у меня в душе, и мне не нужны никакие внешние ритуалы. Да вспомни, как недавно сатирик Михаил Задорнов сказал: “Для общения с Богом мне не нужны никакие посредники!”» Continue reading
Christmas celebration at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Vancouver, B.C. This is our “Parish Yolka”, our Children’s Christmas pageant, presented by the parents and children of our parish. This year it was held on Sunday, January 8, 2017 after Divine Liturgy.
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(Russian) Русская Православная Церковь Заганицей празднует ежегодно память св. преподобного Германа Аляскинского 25 (12) декабря. Приводим запись доклада о преподобном Германе подготовленном и прочитанном о. диаконом Георгием Жариковым в 2009 году. Continue reading
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