WELCOME TO THE WEB SITE OF BLESSED SAINT XENIA OF
PETERSBURG PARISH IN KANATA
(SUBURB OF OTTAWA, CANADA)

Blessed St. Xenia pray unto God for us

Dear Brothers and Sisters!

You are invited to the 20th annual Maslenitsa Festival!

The traditional annual Ottawa Maslenitsa Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

You are invited to celebrate it with us, with traditional bliny, live music, auction of Russian art and a lot more!

Full details are available here.

Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Andronik, Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

The angels of God sang these praises on the night of the Nativity of Christ.

Filled with the same gladness, I, your unworthy servant, congratulate you, my friends, with the glorious feast day of the Nativity of Christ.

Christ was born to restore the being of the fallen, since mankind in the person of Adam sinned and lost its original state. The Wisdom of God set forth that the promised Messiah was born of the Virgin Mary as an ordinary person, but His birth was extraordinary – without a father and therefore sinless. This is a hidden secret, exceeding the reason of man, the mystery of incarnation, which things the angels desire to look into. (1 Peter 1:12).

In this way, God, through the incarnation of the Son of God, gave us the opportunity to become the children of God.

What shall we sinners give Him in return? Firstly, to be faithful to Him as He said in the Apocalypse: be faithful to the end and I shall give thee a crown of righteousness. Secondly, to correct our sinful lives. Thirdly, to be merciful. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. (From the Sermon on the Mount of our Lord Jesus Christ.)

Once again, I congratulate all you pastors, monastics and brothers and sisters with the glorious feast day of the Nativity of Christ.

+Andronik
Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas

Honorable archpastors and pastors, dear brothers and sisters!

The Holy Fathers proclaimed that it is not possible with our inadequate words to describe the grandeur and significance of the arrival in this world of the Savior, to Whom the angels sing and Who brings spiritual gifts on earth that are more valuable than those given by anyone in the human race. What can compare to His Benevolence, which is a priceless gift for our life in this temporal world and a promise of eternal life among the angels, praising God?

All of our worldly concerns and all that we possess, our earthly values, hopes and joys, are nothing compared to this Divine Destiny. We are asked only to love the incarnate God with all our heart and accept His Divine Providence for us, while subduing the human will and pride in ourselves.

The Lord cried out with anguish, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chicks under her wings, and ye would not!” (Matthew 23:37) Our duty is to accept without fail this invaluable desire of God, which concerns itself with our unity with Him and with each other, so that we do not hear these words of our Savior at the Day of Judgment in denunciation of us.

So let us do away with our decrepit infirmity and open the doors of our heart to welcome the Christ Child born in this world, and may our spirit join in angelic song, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men“ (Luke 2:14).

I congratulate you all, my dear fellow archpastors and pastors and brothers and sisters with the Nativity of Christ!

+ Agafangel

Metropolitan of Eastern-America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Odessa, Nativity of Christ, 2009

Interview With Metropolitan Agafangel

You may find the interview of Metropolitan Agafangel at Radio Canada International here.

Weekly Workshop on Church History and Catechism.

Please be reminded that the autumn series of workshops lead by Fr. Oleg continues every Monday at 7:00. pm in the Parish Hall. All interested are welcomed to attend. Please express your interest to Fr. Oleg in person, at 613.599.9367 or fr.olegmironov@gmail.com


Fr Oleg MIRONOV,
Parish Council and Sisterhood

 

THE BEATITUDES

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven.

 

 

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