The concert of Byzantine Choir of Toronto. April 23, 2016 [Show slideshow]
Continue reading Byzantine Choir of Toronto – 23 aprilie 2016Saint John Cassian the Roman was born around 360, probably in Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica). His pious Christian parents gave him an excellent classical education, and also instructed him in the Holy Scriptures and in the spiritual life. St John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative St …
Continue reading Venerable John Cassian the Roman and Germanus of Dacia PonticaOn February 20 marks 160 years since the abolition of slavery in the Romanian principalities time. After five centuries of the Middle Ages difficult in 1856, Roma were free men, without a master. „Musă ce lui Omir odinioară/ Cântaşi Vatrahomiomahia,/ Cântă şi mie, fii bunişoară,/ Toate câte făcu ţigănia,/ Când Vlad Vodă îi dede slobozie,/ …
Continue reading 160 years of freedomConstantin Brancusi was born on 19 February 1876 in Hobiţa, a small village from Peştişani, Gorj County, at the foot of the Carpathians. It is the fifth child of Mary and Radu Nicolae Brancusi. Although came from a family of wealthy peasants, Brancusi lead a modest life, but one who had to pick the landmarks …
Continue reading The birth of Brâncuși“Πόλις αρχαιοτάτη και τωνγε εν τη εώα πασών αρίστη” Ioánnis Evghenikós Trebizond is the end of the most difficult and less hospitable sea routes on the southern shore of Pontus: a line laced beginning of the exit of the Bosphorus – the most beautiful piece of land in the world – and goes to Colchis, …
Continue reading Byzantine TrebizondSaint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, “the Church’s far-gleaming beacon,” lived during the ninth century, and came from a family of zealous Christians. His father Sergius died as a martyr in defense of holy icons. St Photius received an excellent education and, since his family was related to the imperial house, he occupied the position of …
Continue reading St Photius the Patriarch of ConstantinopleThe purpose of the Assembly is to determine by vote the composition of the new Parish Council and to hear the administrative and financial reports. It will be to our members to analyze the situation of the church and to discuss current and future projects. There will also be presented activity reports by the church …
Continue reading General Assembly – March 6, 2016 – 2.30 pm