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Nov 24, 2024 – Thanksgiving luncheon for volunteers who helped celebrate the Parish Centennial

Oct 27 2024 – Summing up the Celebration of the Parish’s Centenary

Oct 19-20, 2024 – Photo moments of the Celebration of the Parish Centennial

Oct 20, 2024 Centennial Anniversary Banket

Please send your photo/video from banket to webmaster@holyre.org

Oct 20 2024 Centennial Anniversary Concert

Oct 20 2024 – Greetings from Kelowna Orthodox Comunity

Oct 19 – Congratulations on the Centennial of the Parish from Oleg Balashov

Congratulations on the Сentenary of the parish from Irina Nevolsky family

Our Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Sobor is turning 100! What a significant year for all of us! What happiness and spiritual uplift we all experience! The joy of Faith and the unity of spiritual piety fill our hearts. We believe in One God, the Trinity Consubstantial and Indivisible!

I was born into an Orthodox

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Congratulations on the Centenary of the parish from Elisabeth Grountseva

I wanted to congratulate everybody on such a momentous occasion 100th anniversary of the Holy Resurrection church. I grew up with this church, I was born here, I was born in Richmond BC, and I grew up in this church, it raised me.

My parents are initially from Moscow Russia, they moved over here

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Congratulations on the Centenary of the parish from Ekaterina Kagramanian

Dear parishioners, I would like to congratulate you with all my heart and soul on such a wonderful holiday as the Centennial of our Russian Church.

Father Michael and Matushka Elena made this place especially warm, homey, and we all come here with our problems, our sorrows, joys, here we find consolation and blessing,

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Congratulations on the Centenary of the parish from Elena Deljanin

I congratulate all our parishioners on the centenary of our church and want to say that I am very happy that we started going to Father Miсhael’s church.At the beginning of autumn last year, Father Miсhael gave me the following order, he said: Lena, Oksana, our former choreographer, is not in Canada. Please organize

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Congratulations on the Centenary of the parish from Maria Aleksandrova

Dear parishioners of the Holy Resurrection Church, I congratulate you all on a very important date – the centenary of our wonderful church.

I came to our church in 2001. It was a very difficult time for me, because I came to Canada alone without English. In the Church, I kind of found my

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Congratulations on the Centenary of the parish from Yana Sherstyak

Translation from Russian:

Hello, my name is Yana Sherstyak, I am a parishioner of the Holy Resurrection Church. I would like to congratulate this temple on its anniversary on such a big date!

I came to Canada in 1999, almost immediately found this temple, and began going to it. Father Andrey was still alive

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Congratulations on the Centenary of the parish from Tatyana Yelizarov

Translation from Russian

My name is Tatyana Elizarova. I have been here in Canada with my husband and family for over 30 years. It so happened that I came to the church only 6 years ago. My husband Nikolai Elizarov really wanted to baptize our grandchildren, we got together, organized everything and since then

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Congratulations on the Сentenary of the parish from Larisa Drozdenko

Translation from Russian

Hello, my name is Larysa Drozdenko

I came to Vancouver with my family in 2007. We immediately found our church. My family and I stayed in this church for 14 years.

3 years ago, I had a big tragedy in my family. My husband died tragically. I want to say

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July 9 2024 Interview with Arthur Kostiha

Excerpts from the interview with Arthur Kostiha

I was born in Vancouver actually in New Westminster and grew up in rural Coquitlam. My grandparents from Czechoslovakia had a farm. Eventually I went to school and then to Simon Fraser University and finally I ended up working at the Royal Colombian hospital for nearly 40

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Congratulations on the Centennial of the parish from Galina and Alexander Chuev

Songs of the War Years – May 9

Dear parishioners

We invite you to a prayer service and a traditional meeting of memory dedicated to May 9!

A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m.

After the prayer service, potlak and Songs of the War Years.

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Congratulations on the centenary of the parish from Vladyka Lazar

Archbisop Lazar (Puhalo) – 100th Anniversary Of Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Sobor, Vancouver Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo) – All Saints of North America Monastery, Dewdney, BC Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo) – The church is to prepare people to encounter face to face with Jesus Christ Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo) – Orthodox Faith In Canadian Soceity Archbishop Lazar

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Feb 4 2024 – Interview with monk Seraphim

From an interview with monk Seraphim “About my life” From an interview with monk Seraphim “On Administrative Reorganization of the Archdiocese” From an interview with monk Seraphim “New deaneries and parishes in BC and Alberta” From an interview with monk Seraphim “on The Holy Transfiguration Hermitage” From an interview with monk Seraphim “About Holy

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Centenary year of our parish

Dear parishioners, We are entering with you the Centenary Year of our parish. We will be 100 years old in September 2024.

Patronal Feast of our Church On September 14, 1924, in Vancouver, Archimandrite Antonin Pokrovsky celebrated the first Divine Liturgy in British Columbia. After the service, the worshipers decided to create an Orthodox parish

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July 29 2023 – St Herman Of Alaska Orthodox Church, Langley BC – Grand Opening of the new church building

On Saturday July 29, 2023 the Most Reverend Irénée, Archbishop of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada lead the Hierarchical Liturgy at the new building Of St Herman Church, Langley, BC. The Archbishop was greeted by the clergy and parishioners. Before and during the Hierarchical Liturgy there were: Entrance Prayers, Vesting of the Hierarch,

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Preparation for the Centennial Jubilee of Holy Resurrection Sobor

Dear parishioners!

The Centenary of our Parish will be celebrated in September 2024.

As part of preparations for the Jubilee, from November 25 to December 5, the former Archbishop of the Canadian Archdiocese, Monk Seraphim, will visit our parish.

Father Seraphim did a lot for us during difficult periods in the life of our

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May 5, 2019 Immortal Vancouver Regiment at the Monastery of All Saints

20190505 Bessmertnyj polk at the Monastery of All Saints / Google Photos

Apr 27 2019 Ordination to reader in Chilliwack

20190427 Ordination to reader in Chilliwack / Google Photos