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- Charity Dinner for Vladimir - March 12, 2010
- Garage Sale - March 12, 2010
- Our Pianos - March 12, 2010
- Council Meeting - March 12, 2010
- Parents of Youth Meeting - March 12, 2010
- Security - March 12, 2010
- Bulletin Board - March 4, 2010
- Church Hall Notice Board - February 26, 2010
- Donations and Good Will - February 18, 2010
- Pilgrimage Tour to Ukraine - February 7, 2010
- Bulletin Board - January 16, 2010
- Three Deacon’s Church Store - October 31, 2009
- Bookstore (new store hours) - October 31, 2009
- The Orthodox Christian Fellowship - October 18, 2009
Charity Dinner for Vladimir - March 12, 2010
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we kindly invite you to our charity dinner for Vladimir, who is in great need of our support. The dinner will take place on Sunday March 14 between 5-6 at 15 Le Breton downstairs at the cafeteria, some donations will be greatly appreciated, hope to see you there.
With love in Christ, Natalia Spirina, Mira Spirina, and Tatiana Vdovskikh.
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Garage Sale - March 12, 2010
The weather is so nice that I think it might be safe to pick up where we left off two years ago – staging a garage sale. Tentatively speaking Saturday, May 1st strikes me as a date to aim for or any Saturday thereafter.
This is something you asked for, so please don’t be shy about volunteering. To begin with we need drivers willing to offer their time and the use their cars to pick up goods from the elderly and those who do not have cars. To this effect, there is a sign-up sheet on the hall board and another for people who will need this help.
There will be more about this as time goes on but please, in spite of all appearances we are short of convenient storage areas, so please, don’t bring any of your goods to church until we are more certain of a date.
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Our Pianos - March 12, 2010
Periodically we speak of selling the three pianos we inherited with the Cathedral. We tried Craig’s List and we tried Kijiji without a result. We now have a chance to sell two of them and are looking for a special home for the third, an upright “Berlin”, Ontario born and bred as the following extract from a Canadian Encyclopedia article on Kitchener and Waterloo suggests.
“ Kitchener has been the location of several music businesses. In the late 1890s Frederick Schneider, J.M. Staebler, and others financed the Berlin Piano Co, which during its peak years turned out 20 instruments each week and employed 100 workers. Around 1906 the shareholders sold the firm to the Nordheimer Piano Co of Toronto, which, as representative of the US firm Foster-Armstrong, turned out pianos bearing this name at the Berlin plant. Other names used were Marshall & Wendell and Haines Bros. The Berlin Piano Co closed in 1929. Hallman Organs were built in Kitchener 1941-77. The Waterloo Music Co, besides manufacturing music stands, has imported and published music, imported and repaired instruments, and produced recordings.”
The keys are real ivory, needs lots of tender, loving care and would most likely interest a collector of local antiques with a musical bent and a love for restoring furniture. It can be seen on the stage.
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Council Meeting - March 12, 2010
The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 7pm.The Building & Development Committee will meet on March 15 a week before the Council meeting
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Parents of Youth Meeting - March 12, 2010
Sebastian Scratch is calling all parents of children age 14 to 18 (Youth) to a short meeting immediately after the Liturgy on Sunday.
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Security - March 12, 2010
This should probably be last but not least not first and foremost BUT for security reasons please note effective immediately the doors to the church will be locked after the services. Please take all your belongings with you when you leave the church. After the meal you can use the hall side exit to Eccles or the Lebreton exit to leave the building.
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Bulletin Board - March 4, 2010
PARISH UPDATE: At last week’s parish meeting, Fr. Alexander gave an update on Hall rentals, repeated that the Archdiocesan Offices are being moved to the Cathedral and spoke of the new structure of the former Buildings and Grounds Ministry renamed Buildings and Development Committee. Last but not least, Deacon Gregory was nominated and chosen to represent the parish as its lay representative at the Annual Archdiocesan Assembly in July.
HALL RENTALS: Members of The Ottawa, Chinese Table Tennis Club played their first game of ping pong on Tuesday, March 2. Judging by the happy noise coming from the basement they had a lot of fun doing so…
It is still unclear when St. Luke’s is moving in but when they do, please remember that the large notice board in the hall is for theirs for the duration of their stay. During the time they are with us, they will be using the old bookstore for their supplies.
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Church Hall Notice Board - February 26, 2010
Fr. Alexander has put a notice board in the Church hall in the bit of wall between the library and the old book store. Although this board is intended for our use during the 3 or so weeks St Luke’s is using the kitchen, it should be left empty for their use.
Speaking of Notice board and keeping informed. We have a notice board in each of the vestibules. They usually contain whatever is thought to be important or of interest and include the Minutes, Bulletin, and Calendar. The last three items can be found on the web and go to your email box. This gives those who want to be informed three sources of information to choose from, and …. there is a fourth source - our Council members.
For those who missed the last AGM, the names of the people you elected to serve on this year’s Council are Lydia Scratch, Warden, Matthew Culhane, Deputy Warden, Vera Theokritoff, Secretary, Karen Edmonds, Treasurer, and Fr. Alexander chairs the meetings.
Appointed members and members of the clergy are not required to attend Council meetings but can if they wish. This change to the ByLaws was approved at the last AGM. Tania Eyres continues to look after Hospitality and the huge Buildings & Grounds portfolio, renamed Buildings and Grounds at this week’s Council meeting, was divvied up between Fr. Alexander to look after Development, Jeremy Scratch after Maintenance, and Vera Theokritoff after Rentals. Others involved include Sasha Lopoukhine who chairs the meetings and Sebastian Scratch who reports on the meetings to Council. So, kudos to Mark Steski - we still don’t know how he managed to juggle all this, plus athletic young family and a full time job, single handily for all those years! Next week perhaps we may have permission from Council members and clergy to include their photos in the bulletin so those who are newer to the parish have a point of reference.
On a different note, Jane Szepesi sent the following note about the use of icons. “In a talk (podcast) for the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr Thomas Hopko begs us to be more careful in our use of the holy icons, including not using them on parish bulletins etc. which are thrown on car seats, left on coffee tables, and eventually thrown in the garbage. If we use them, the icons on them should be disposed of by burning, and the faithful should be so instructed.”
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Donations and Good Will - February 18, 2010
Donations for Haiti will continue to received until the end of February. Cheques should be signed HaitiHaiti”.
Nearer home, the need for dry goods continues both inside and outside our parish. Please place whatever you can spare in the FOOD BASKET located near the Theotokos just before you leave the temple. Many thanks. Gently used clothing is best left in the foyer between two entrance doors to the temple. There is not enough space in the entrance at 15 Lebreton for them to be left there.
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Pilgrimage Tour to Ukraine - February 7, 2010
Archbishop Seraphim and Fr. Alexander
16 Day Tour
August 16-31
ITINERARY
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August 16
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Canada to Lviv
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August 17
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Lviv
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August 18
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Lviv to Pochaiv
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August 19
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Pochaiv Monastery - Transfiguration
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August 20 - 22
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Stoyaniv (Lutzk)
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August 23 – 24
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Volodymyr Volynsk
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August 25
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Carpathian Mountains (Kosiw)
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August 26
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Carpathian Mountains (Chernvtsi)
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August 27
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Chernivtsi
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August 28
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Chernivtsi – Dormition, evening departure to Lviv
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August 29 - 30
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Lviv
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August 31
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Lviv to Canada
TOUR INCLUDES
Return airfare, land transportation, Hotel accommodation (dbl.occupancy) Meals in Ukraine (bk.Sup), Optional Family visit, optional working at NAshi safehouse (Stoyaniv)
NOT INCLUDED:
Insurance , Special arrangements
COST OF TOUR:
Departure Western Canada
$3,900.00
Departure Eastern Canada
$3,700.00
DEPOSIT:
$500.00 – April 30, 2010
CONTACT:
Fr. Alexander 613 – 422- 9428
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Bulletin Board - January 16, 2010
TAX RECEIPTS: If you moved, changed phone numbers ,email address, had a baby, never registered - please email or phone the office (613-230-2687) with the relevant information. Failing to do so will slow down the whole tax receipt process.
The deadline for the annual Boys & Girls Club Scholarship program is March 31, 2010. Details http://www.bgottawa.org To apply you must be registered in a program at a University, College or Trade School. Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and have a minimum average of 70% .
VICTOR THEOKRITOFF is working on a fund raiser and is looking for recipes for potato dishes - ethnic or original.
BLESSING OF HOMES: Please make arrangements BY CALLING THE OFFICE for one of the priests to bless your home after Theophany. A priest will call you and set up a time to meet and pray with your family.
The 2010 Archdiocesan Assembly will be convened in Victoria, BC 26-30 July, more details are available on http://www.orthodoxassembly.ca as well as the letter on the bulletin boards.
Mark you agendas! Fr. Tom Hopko is conference speaker at the 19th Annual Conference sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Women of Montreal. The subject is The Lord’s Prayer, the date, Saturday, February 13th, 2010.
The $35.00 advanced registration fee should be received by February 6th ; tickets at the door are $40.00. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments are included in the cost of the tickets. Contact information and registration forms are available at the candle table in the temple.
Keeping The Food Basket in the entry of the Cathedral. filled makes a big difference to the clientele at the Dalhousie Food Cupboard and St Luke’s Lunch Club. Their clients are just as appreciative of the gently used clothing you pass on to them. Thank you very much. Please keep it up.
Prayer Basket: Requests for prayers can be placed in the small basket on the candle table.
Library Hours: Sunday after the Service or by appointment. Contacts: Deacon Alexander or Fr. James.
Vladyka’s next stop is Saskatoon but not until January 21st .
Fr. Alexander returns to Ottawa on January 20th.
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Three Deacon’s Church Store - October 31, 2009
The Three Deacon’s is open Thursday to Sunday:
- Thursday: 12:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Friday & Saturday: 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
- Sunday: 02:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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Bookstore (new store hours) - October 31, 2009
- Thursday 12pm – 4 pm;
- Friday & Saturday 11:30am – 4:30 pm;
- Sundays from 2pm – 4 pm.
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The Orthodox Christian Fellowship - October 18, 2009
The Orthodox Christian Fellowship group meets at Carleton University on Tuesdays from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm in Loeb A204. Students from the University or from Algonquin college are all welcome to attend. For further information please contact Fr. James at the Church office at 613- 230-2687 or at home at 613- 221-9533.
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