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Weekly Message from Fr. Metias – Fourth Sunday of Great Lent – March 22, 2020

In an effort to continue to maintain communication between Fr. Metias and the congregation during this time, Fr. Metias will be launching a weekly web-series delivering a spiritual message.

The first video of the series was posted today at 8pm at the following link. The series will be continuing every Wednesday unless otherwise posted.

. . . → Read More: Weekly Message from Fr. Metias – Fourth Sunday of Great Lent – March 22, 2020

Second Update to Liturgical Services

To our beloved congregation of Mississauga, Vancouver, and Western Canada

After careful deliberation between His Grace Bishop Mina, the Diocese COVID-19 committee, and in light of the recent decision of the permanent committee of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, we have decided to immediately . . . → Read More: Second Update to Liturgical Services

Fourth Sunday of Great Lent – The Samaritan Woman

Rest assured my beloved …

When the whale swallowed Jonah, he was prevented from seeing the temple, but he prayed that he might see it again, “ Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight, yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ ” (Jonah 2: 4) … indeed, he . . . → Read More: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent – The Samaritan Woman

Message from Fr. Metias Ibrahim – March 2020

My beloved brothers and children in the Lord, the deacons, the servants and the congregation of our church,

I congratulate you with all my heart for the Holy Feast of the Glorious Cross, wishing you all blessing, grace, and peace.

I prayed the holy liturgy this morning with a very limited number of deacons . . . → Read More: Message from Fr. Metias Ibrahim – March 2020

Message from H.G. Bishop Mina – March 2020

In the Name of The Father and The Son and The Holy Spirit One God Amin.

Dear beloved Fathers and beloved congregations,

Let us give thanks to God in everything, concerning everything, and for everything.

Let us pray from the bottom of our hearts, asking God to allow the Holy Sacrifice to be . . . → Read More: Message from H.G. Bishop Mina – March 2020

Updates to Liturgical Services

Following the COVID-19 situation closely, considering the well being of our congregants, spiritually and physically, and exhausting the benefits and risks of many options regarding liturgical services, we the Bishop and priests of the Diocese of Mississauga, Vancouver, and Western Canada find it most prudent to pray liturgies without a congregation. The fathers in . . . → Read More: Updates to Liturgical Services

Enhanced Measures Regarding Coronavirus in Ontario

Responding to further enhanced Measures about COVID-19 and always caring for the safety of our congregations, we, the Bishop and representative priests of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mississauga, Vancouver, and Western Canada, met by conference call the late evening of Monday, March 16, 2020, to further discuss the situation. We decided that for . . . → Read More: Enhanced Measures Regarding Coronavirus in Ontario

Precautionary Measures Regarding Coronavirus

As we continue to learn more about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), we must always remember what God said to His children “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right . . . → Read More: Precautionary Measures Regarding Coronavirus

Schedule for the Feast of Pope Kyrillos VI 2020

In celebration of the 49th Feast of Departure of the Saint Pope Kyrillos VI (116th Pope of Alexandria), under the auspices of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and his partner in the apostolic liturgy His Grace Bishop Mina and the presence of the Reverend Fathers the priests of the region, Saint Mina’s Coptic . . . → Read More: Schedule for the Feast of Pope Kyrillos VI 2020

Youth Monastery Retreat 2020

Whom: High School and University/College StudentsWhere: St. Mary and St. Moses Abbey, TexasWhen: Monday, July 27th, 2020 to Saturday, August 1st, 2020Cost: $800/person (deposit of $300 is needed) . Early bird: $750/person by Sunday, March 15th, 2020 Deadline: Sunday, April 12th, 2020Contact Person: Mr. Amir . . . → Read More: Youth Monastery Retreat 2020