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Annual Orthodox V Meeting

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The annual meeting of

on Sunday February

07/10 in Chipman church

after the Divine Liturgy

and lunch. The reportson the work done were made by President of Or-

thodox V association Kim Lopushinsky, minister

of Orthodox V Patriarchal Parishes reverend

George Sergeev, treasurer of Orthodox V asso-

ciation Fred Pewarchuk and secretary of Ortho-

dox V association John

Tkachuk. All problems

of the present moment

were discussed andplans for the current

year were made up.

Also, father George

Sergeev made a pres-

entation of project the new official web-page

of Patriarchal Parishes in Canada.

Patriarch Kirill congratulates Yanukovich on election win

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has congratulated ViktorYanukovich on being elected president of Ukraine.

"I am cordially congratulating you on the victory in thepresidential election. The people's confidence invests youwith huge responsibility to God, the people, and history.You have enough experience and talents to justify this con-fidence," the Patriarch's press service quoted him.

Yanukovich will have "to apply great effort in order to resolve the problems facing theUkrainian people and lead them to a decent and prosperous life."

The Church Primate urged citizens of the country to preserve peaceful spirit, spirit ofters overcome trials they had to face. However, future of Ukraine mostly depends on itsPatriarch said in his message to Ukrainian people. Interfax

Russia wins contest for land in Paris

to build spiritual center there

Plot of land with former Paris MeteoFrance office is sold to Russia as the

country won the contest, the FranceBudget Ministry has reported.

of many French and internationalinvestors. The state supported theExpress

communiqu as saying. The transac-tion amount is not voiced.

Press secretary of the Russian Presi-dential Administration Viktor Khre-

kov toldInterfax late in January thattheir institution participated in the

contest for purchasing a lot of land inParis for building a Russian spiritual

and cultural center. Interfax


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Donetsk Metropolitan blesses Antarctic expedition

Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol blessed his compatriots-alpinists forexpedition to Antarctica where they plan to give the name Donbas Peak to one of

The trip to the South Pole is planned for December 2010, official website of theUkrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate has reported.

The Donbas Peak project starts on February 12. Alpinists will descend in the Bazhanov Mine to themark of 1322 meters where they will hew coal and deliver it to Antarctica.

Ascension to one of the most southern mountains will take place in frames of the project Donbas coalon world tops.

Russian sailors opened Antarctica in 1820. Today scientific stations, which conduct scientific research,

Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity was built at the Russian Antarctic station Bellingausen in 2003.Priests of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Laura conduct services there all year round.

Donetsk alpinists are going to visit the Church of the Holy Trinity and conduct a prayer service forsuccess of their mission.

In frames of the project Donbas coal on world tops, Donetsk alpinists have already mounted Himala-yan Mountain Shisha Pangma (8021m), Everest (8848) and Peak of Ukrainian Miners (5132) in Tien-Shan. Interfax

Archbishop Ionafan of Tulchin and Bratslav expressed hope that new Ukrain-ian authorities would change policy on church question.

tor of state policy on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriar-Interfax-Religion.

He pointed out that all recent years the Ukrainian Orthodox Church experi-

questions bypassing church authority in Ukraine, bypassing His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All

Last summer, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree to decorate Archbishop Ionafan

Archbishop Ionafan is a famous composer of church music and a pupil of the renowned pastor Met-ropolitan Nikodim of Leningrad and Novgorod who was a spiritual father for many church hierarchsincluding Patriarch Kirill.

Interfax

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Before the Presidential Elections UOC Primate Conducted Prayer Service atKyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Before the second round of elections of the President of Ukraine, His BeatitudeMetropolitan Volodymyr conducted prayer service before beginning of everygood deed at the Church of Exaltation of the Cross of the Holy DormitionKyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Before the Divine service the Archpastor addressed those attending with a

word of instruction:

Church always prays that everything went quiet and well in the country, in the Church and in the land we livein. And we pray too that the Lord performed His will, blessed the One he pleases for the future hard cross-bearing.

Also praying with the clergy was the candidate for the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych, who visitedLavra together with his party members in order to bow unto its shrines and to ask God for help in the furtherenterprise for the benefit of the Church, the state and its citizens.

Following the prayer service His Beatitude and the leader of the Party of Regions bowed unto the wonderwork-ing icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God. orthodox.org.ua

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With the Saints give rest, o Christ, to thesouls of Thy servants, where there is neithersickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but lifeeverlasting. Memory eternal to people, whichwere our parishioners and departed to Godin the month of March!!!.

God grant many years to all ourparishioners who celebrate theirbirthdays and anniversaries inthe month of March! We wish

you all good health, long lifeand happiness!!!

Two nuns were driving alone out in the boonies. They ran out of gas.Fortunately they could walk to a gas station not far away, where they asked to purchase acan of gasoline. "I'm sorry, sister," said the attendant, "but all I have for you to carry itin is an old chamber pot."The nuns agreed that this would be fine. They returned to the car.

As they were pouring the gasoline into the tank, a man drove by, stopped his car, and said,"Oh sister, if only I had your faith."

A man walked into a gift shop that sold religious items. Near the cash register he saw adisplay of caps with "WWJD" printed on all of them. He was puzzled over what the let-ters could mean, but couldn't figure it out, so he asked the clerk.The clerk replied that the letters stood for "What Would Jesus Do", and was meant to

inspire people to not make rash decisions, but rather to imagine what Jesus would do inthe same situation.The man thought a moment and then replied, "Well, I'm sure Jesus wouldn't pay $17.95

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Primate Opened This-Year Cheesefare Week Festivities

On Sunday, February 7, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyrof Kyiv and All Ukraine called to the construction site of Resur-

rection Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of MoscowPatriarchate where he opened this-year Cheesefare Week festivi-ties at Soborna Gallery.

Before the beginning of the festive events the Archpastor addressed those attending and toldof the traditions of the Cheesefare Week festival and wished to get ready for Lent in goodmood and health.

-church feast, which the Slavonic people marked before theadoption of Christianity. They baked pancakes, which resembled the sun, tasted these pan-cakes, waiting for the next feast in honor of the sun. The Sun of Truth is Christ, the Sunof Truth is our faith, the Sun of Truth is our unshadowed hope. Therefore through theChurch the Lord did not prohibit to have fun these days in order to gain strength for thenew achievements before Lent", he said.

Thereafter the Primate treated himself to the festive pancake and looked over the expositionof the exhibition center, the playgrounds and competition sites, and invoked God's blessingon all those present.

Everyone willing, who called to the gallery on this frosty day, could take part in variouscompetitions, games, relays, master-classes and other entertainments and in the traditional

treating to pancakes and hot tea.Also the guests could get acquainted themselves with the exhibition of the works of artistic-applied art "Nativity designs". Its peculiarity is in the fact that the authors of the beautifulicons, pictures, plastic art and embroidery are the convicts staying in the places of confine-ment.

orthodox.org.ua

Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov to set

Orthodox cross on the southernmost pointof American continent.

Renowned Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov willset a worship cross at Cape Horn (Chili) to com-memorate perished sailors.

The cross was made and consecrated in Bobruisk.Students of Bobruisk Art College 15 gave it as

a present to Konyukhov, the local Diocese reports.

Cape Horn is southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego archipelago located off South Americanmainland. Shipwrecks lie buried here. Interfax


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Schedule of Services

For march 2010

7 March (Sunday) - Tone 6, Confession - Chipman - 10:00AM10 March (Wednesday) Liturgy of the presanctified gifts - Chipman - 6:30 PM13 March (Saturday) - The Service of departed, Confession - Skaro - 10:00AM14 March (Sunday) - Tone 7, Confession - Wostok - 10:00AM16 March (Tuesday) - Lodge - 9:30 AM, Auxillary - 10:15 AM20 March (Saturday) - North Star - 10:00 AM21 March (Sunday) - Tone 8, Confession - Spirit river/Chahor - 10:00 AM24 March (Wednesday) - Annual Ortho V Bake Sale27 March (Saturday) - Lazarus Saturday - Confession - Farusi - 10:00AM28 March (Sunday) - Palm Sunday - Confession - Serediak - 10:00AM

If you have any questions or proposals, please, Contact us:Priest: Father George Sergeev 780-895-21-49

Email: [email protected].

PO Box 483 Lamont Alberta TOB 2R0

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Yakim Lopushinsky

780-895-26-67

President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

Jim Nemirsky

780-896-23-47

John Tkachuk

780-576-30-73

Fred Pewarchuk

780-895-21-59

Orthodox feasts (prazdniki)

9 March - First (4th c.) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head ofSt. John the Baptist.

17 March Saint Daniil, the Orthodox Prince of Moscow27 March - Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ofSt. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya")
http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/February/24-01.htmhttp://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/March/14-04.htmhttp://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/March/14-04.htmhttp://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/February/24-01.htm

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