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Community of St. George, founded in 1909. The first immigrant of Greek origin is reportedly Peter
Constantinides who came to Toronto in 1864 to attend the Medical School at the University of Toronto. On May 21, 1909, a meeting was held at the Y.M.C.A. attended by about 200 Greeks living in Toronto. They constituted themselves into a corporate body identified as the "St. George Greek Orthodox Community of Ontario". This was followed by Sts. Cyril and Methody Macedono-Bulgarian Church, founded one year later in 1910 and the Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour in 1915.
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asking for a priest. In 1897, the first recorded
Orthodox service was held in Canada at Wostok. Subsequently, Russian Orthodox priests were active in the Ukrainian community, and attracted many converts. The Greek Catholic church's few priests often clashed with Latin administrators such as
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By the turn of the 20th century, immigration from traditionally
Eastern Christian countries included not only settlers moving to Western Canada looking for farmland but also those going to Eastern cities, primarily Toronto. The first Byzantine Rite church in that city was the Greek Orthodox
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After 1895, Romanians also began arriving in numbers to the
Canadian West, and in 1902 St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church was built in Regina, NWT; it remains standing as one of the oldest buildings in Regina and the oldest Romanian church in North America.
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in 1812), but they do not seem to have created any lasting missions. It is clear that by the 1890s
Eastern Christian immigrants began arriving in Western Canada from Eastern Europe.
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dramatically affected the
Eastern churches in Canada. The Russian Church lost the prestige of government support and in fact came under suspicion of being controlled by the
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1549:. An independent movement separate from the Catholic and Orthodox was founded in Winnipeg around 1903. This movement, backed by the Presbyterian Church, became the
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in North
America; consequently there are a shortage of Ukrainian priests in Canada. In 1896, a group of
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of the
Russian Orthodox Church" over North America among the Orthodox, and because in 1894 the Catholic
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1580:. In 1921, Serbian Orthodox parishes in the United States and Canada were reorganized into the
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Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by
Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:
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missionaries from Alaska definitely traversed parts of present-day Canada (they reached
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In June 1918, a group of disgruntled
Ukrainian Catholic laypeople met to create the
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2nd Edition. Ottawa: G.D. Vlassis, (Hull, Que.: Leclerc Printers), 1953. p.186.
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Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church: An Architectural and Iconographic Guide.
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Heritage Fair to Recall Ethnic Past: Toronto's Peoples, Their Contributions.
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History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891-1941
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Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church:
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Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion:
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It is unclear when Eastern Christians first settled in Canada.
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100 Years: 1909-2009, 100th Anniversary Commemorative Book.
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Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches
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Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
1684:St. George's Greek Orthodox Community of Toronto.
1630:"The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details"
1590:Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America
1646:Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. p.1.
1500:began to settle in Canada, and they were either
1594:some parishes who maintained links with Moscow
1592:, the Russian Orthodox Church in America, and
1582:Serbian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada
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8:
1578:set up their own churches in North America
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17:
1605:Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada
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1586:Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
1459:Byzantine Rite Christianity in Canada
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1601:Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Brotherhood
1584:. The Russian church split into the
1402:Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
1012:Differences from the Catholic Church
878:History of Eastern Orthodox theology
724:Other possible ecumenical councils:
487:Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
14:
1748:History of Christianity in Canada
594:American Orthodox Catholic Church
497:Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg
37:
1753:History of Eastern Christianity
817:Christianization of Kievan Rus'
678:First Seven Ecumenical Councils
1758:Eastern Christianity in Canada
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1576:. Non-Russian ethnic groups
1538:Wostok, Northwest Territories
1247:Intercession of the Theotokos
1022:Opposition to papal supremacy
841:MoscowāConstantinople schism
542:Switzerland and Liechtenstein
1793:Bulgarian diaspora in Canada
1469:, and independent groups in
812:Christianization of Bulgaria
1788:Macedonian-Canadian culture
1768:Romanian diaspora in Canada
1763:Ukrainian Canadian religion
1528:issued a decree forbidding
1367:Photios I of Constantinople
884:20th century (Neo-Palamism)
807:Christianization of Georgia
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1017:Opposition to the Filioque
560:Noncanonical jurisdictions
1254:The four fasting periods:
1135:Eastern Orthodox marriage
743:Other important councils:
599:American World Patriarchs
517:Great Britain and Ireland
1778:Rusyn diaspora in Canada
1773:Russian-Canadian culture
1518:Romanian Orthodox Church
1297:Athanasius of Alexandria
547:United States of America
339:Czech Lands and Slovakia
161:Four Marks of the Church
1130:Eastern Orthodox bowing
31:Eastern Orthodox Church
1783:Greek-Canadian culture
1723:. Kragujevac: KaleniÄ.
1407:Eastern Orthodox cross
572:Spiritual Christianity
1673:The Greeks in Canada.
1540:wrote to the Russian
1534:Russophile Ukrainians
1522:jurisdictional claims
1491:Fort Ross, California
1417:Statistics by country
1342:Maximus the Confessor
770:Constantinople (1872)
1642:Dr. Peter Jeffreys.
1498:Ukrainian immigrants
1352:Theodore the Studite
1317:Gregory of Nazianzus
1175:Russian bell ringing
1100:Liturgical entrances
910:Essence vs. Energies
905:Contemplative prayer
658:Evangelical Orthodox
480:Episcopal assemblies
203:Ecumenical Patriarch
156:Apostolic succession
1671:George D. Vlassis.
1603:, which became the
1516:a region under the
1362:Cyril and Methodius
1332:Cyril of Alexandria
1219:Liturgical calendar
1035:Liturgy and worship
671:Ecumenical councils
74:History of theology
1660:The Globe and Mail
1551:Seraphimite Church
1502:Ukrainian Catholic
1312:Cyril of Jerusalem
1242:Feast of Orthodoxy
537:Spain and Portugal
45:Christ Pantocrator
1555:Tin Can Cathedral
1553:, and set up the
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1307:Basil of Caesarea
1302:Ephrem the Syrian
1185:Sign of the cross
1160:Paschal troparion
940:Mystical theology
750:Quinisext Council
451:Semi-Autonomous:
96:View of salvation
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1655:William Nellis.
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1542:Bishop of Alaska
1510:Eastern Orthodox
1487:Russian Orthodox
1467:Eastern Catholic
1463:Eastern Orthodox
1448:
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1347:John of Damascus
1322:Gregory of Nyssa
1150:Paschal greeting
1115:Memorial service
925:Hypostatic union
802:Byzantine Empire
587:Old Calendarists
208:Episcopal polity
151:Christian Church
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18:
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1734:Achille Delaere
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1530:married priests
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1372:Gregory Palamas
1327:John Chrysostom
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1283:
1282:
1281:
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1231:12 Great Feasts
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1210:
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1105:Liturgical fans
1047:Divine Services
1037:
1027:
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1008:
873:
863:
862:
861:
786:
776:
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740:
721:
673:
663:
662:
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603:
582:Catacomb Church
561:
553:
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522:Italy and Malta
481:
473:
472:
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449:
440:Bessarabia (RP)
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344:North Macedonia
267:
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182:
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11:
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1798:Byzantine Rite
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1568:The coming of
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1475:Byzantine Rite
1461:refers to all
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1271:Apostles' Fast
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1205:Use of incense
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1162:
1157:
1155:Paschal Homily
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1120:Memory Eternal
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1042:Divine Liturgy
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832:Ottoman Empire
829:
824:
819:
814:
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804:
799:
794:
792:Church Fathers
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782:
781:
778:
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577:True Orthodoxy
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90:Holy Mysteries
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85:Church history
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1715:VukoviÄ, Sava
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1597:
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1591:
1587:
1583:
1579:
1575:
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1566:
1562:
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1557:in Winnipeg.
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1548:
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1512:(mostly from
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1504:(mostly from
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1337:John Climacus
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1294:
1290:Major figures
1287:
1286:
1277:
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1272:
1269:
1267:
1264:
1262:
1261:Nativity Fast
1259:
1258:
1253:
1252:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1239:
1235:Other feasts:
1234:
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1229:
1227:
1226:Paschal cycle
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1220:
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1203:
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1178:
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1126:
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1004:
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993:
991:
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986:
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846:
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837:North America
835:
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828:
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823:
820:
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815:
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805:
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795:
793:
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789:
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779:
771:
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619:
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613:
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595:
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588:
585:
583:
580:
579:
578:
575:
573:
570:
568:
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565:
564:
557:
556:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
533:
530:
528:
527:Latin America
525:
523:
520:
518:
515:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
493:
490:
488:
485:
484:
477:
476:
468:
465:
463:
460:
458:
455:
454:
452:
446:
443:
441:
438:
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