Patriarch Irinej visiting Diocese of Canada
Serbian Patriarch Irinej in monastery of Holy Transfiguration at Milton
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej, as administrator of the Diocese of Canada, has been paying his second canonical visit to Canada. Patriarch Irinej arrived on Saturday, 12 September 2015. On the next day, on Sunday, September 13th, His Holiness celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the monastery of the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord, the residence seat of the Diocese. He was concelebrated by clergy of the Diocese of Canada.
Later, in the monastery’s refectory an agape feast was prepared by members of the Circle of Serbian Sisters attached to the church of Saint Nicholas in Hamilton (Barton str.).
The evening Vesper was performed by protopresbyter-stavrophor Milojko Dimitric, parish priest of Hamilton, and deacon Djuradj Kojic from Mississauga . After the service, a meeting of clergy from the Deanery of East Canada was held, attended by presidents of church-school congregations too. Patriarch Irinej informed the audience about the present state in the Diocese of Canada and gave necessary instructions for promotion of pastoral and ecclesial life.
Source: Diocese of Canada
