Dear all,

We would like to remind you of the schedule of Services for the upcoming Feast-days:

• January 6th, Saturday: CHRISTMAS EVE: HOLY LITURGY AT 9 A.M. VIGIL SERVICE AT 6.00 P.M. FOLLOWED BY THE BLESSING OF THE BADNJAK AND LENTEN DINNER.
• January 7th, Sunday: NATIVITY OF OUR LORD: DIVINE LITURGY AT 8.00 A.M.
• January 8th, Monday: SYNAXIS OF THE THEOTOKOS: DIVINE LITURGY AT 10 A.M.
• January 9th, Tuesday: ST. STEPHEN THE ARCHDEACON: DIVINE LITURGY AT 9 A.M; SLAVA RITES AFTER LITURGY.
• January 14^th, Sunday: ST BASIL THE GREAT, NEW YEAR: DIVINE LITURGY AT 10:00 AM.

– Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Parish in Richmond Hill

My Dear Parishioners,

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Dr. Mitrofan of the Canadian Diocese, I have been appointed as your Parish priest to serve God, the Serbian people and all people of good will. For the past 13 years I have faithfully and devotedly served at the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Parish in Oakville. I look forward to the opportunity to pastorally and loyally serve you and your families, with God’s and your help, honourably, godly and patriotically as hitherto. The priestly rank and vocation are exalted, but nothing good can be done without God and without the support of St. Sava’s people. Therefore, I ask you to pray to God for me and to receive me as your closest spiritual relation, just as I have you in my heart and in my prayers, since I have wholeheartedly accepted the instruction to serve at your St. Archangel Gabriel’s Church and I sincerely want to help our Parish and community grow and advance.

I am coming to you on the eve of the most joyous Christian holiday: Christmas – the Birth of Christ. The beginning of everything that is good and right are faith and prayer, good deeds and the Holy Mysteries. Hence I summon you all to come, especially in the coming festive days, in great numbers to our Church and take active part in our worship, preparations for and celebration of the upcoming Holidays. Through active participation in the Church life at the current Church as well as in the one we plan to build, we spiritually build ourselves and our families, since the spiritual foundation is the most important and most fruitful thing in our lives. The blessings we receive in the House of God we carry with ourselves in our souls, into our homes and families. It is for these blessings that we serve at our Church, and with my whole being I will work withtogether you to make our Church a source of pride, joy, spiritual support and eternal salvation.

Rejoicing to our upcoming encounters, communion, accord and progress, I greet you all with the most joyous Christian greeting –

CHRIST IS BORN! – TRULY HE IS BORN!

Archpriest Zlatibor Đurašević

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We celebrated Children’s Day at our Church on Sunday, December 17th. On that occasion, Marko Ćurčić was tied up and then “released” after handing out gifts to everyone present as his “ransom”.
We also celebrated the Mothers’ Day on Sunday, December 24th, and the “ransom” gifts for were given by Dušica Vukosav.
We remind you that this Sunday, December 31st, we will be celebrating Fathers’ Day: come to see who we will bind!

Last Sunday we resumed with our catechism classes for children, and God-willing we will continue so with this established practice of ours every Sunday after Holy Liturgy. We invite all old and new students to join us!

We remind you that tomorrow, on Saturday, December 30 at 6PM, Vespers will be served by Father Vladimir Vranić together with Father Zlatibor Đurašević.

On Sunday, December 31, after the Holy Liturgy we will be bundling the Badnjak branches – everyone is welcome to stay to help with these preparations for Christmas!

We will be announcing soon the schedule of services for Christmas Eve and Christmas.

And finally we invite you to the Serbian New Year’s Eve party on Saturday, January 13, from 7PM at our hall at 49 N Lake Rd in Richmond Hill. The Circle of Serbian Sisters will prepare a rich dinner, and you will be entertained by Aca Pejovic’s orchestra.
Tickets per person are $60, for reservations please contact Srđan Stojšić at 647-409-6279.

Come to pray to God together and celebrate our upcoming Feast-days together at our Church!

– The Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish