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Prayerfully yours in Christ’s service,

Întru Hristos Domnul,

Fr. Hieromonk Polycarp

 

Programul Liturgic / Liturgical schedule

Aprindeți o lumânare / Light a candle

Pomelnic / Prayer request

Donations Altar de Vară/Pavilion

INVITATION to Save the Dates in 2023:

• 29 aprile 2023 – Hramul Mic/Annual Spring Pilgrimage Day (Sf. M. Mc. Efrem cel Nou/St. Ephraim the New)
• 22 iulie 2023 – Pelerinaj în cinstea Maicii Domnului (Icoana “Gherontissa”) / Annual Summer Pilgrimage Day in honor of our Mother of God
• 16 septembrie 2023 – Hramul Mare/Annual Fall Pilgrimage Day (Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci/Exaltation of the Holy Cross)

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Mănăstirea Ortodoxă Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci și Sf. Efrem cel Nou

The Orthodox Monastery Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New

 

 

308328 Hockley Rd., Mono

Orangeville, Ontario L9W 6N4

Cell: 226.200.1074

Office: 519.942.3489

E.  holycrossorthodoxmonastery@gmail.com

New Website: www.monasterymono.org

Join our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxMonasteryMono/

Episcopia Ortodoxă Româna a Canadei / The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada    

The Orthodox Monastery “Holy Cross” is under the spiritual and ecclesiastical authority (omofor) of His Grace, Bishop Ioan Casian, of The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada.

Mitropolia Ortodoxă Română a celor două Americi / The Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas

 Memorial Saturday (Lazarus Saturday)

Saturday  April 8th 2023 :

Mănăstirea Ortodoxă Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci și Sf. Efrem cel Nou

The Orthodox Monastery Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New

Aprindeți o lumânare / Light a candle

T. (519) 942-3489 E.  holycrossorthodoxmonastery@gmail.com

New Website: www.monasterymono.org

Join our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxMonasteryMono/

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Memorial Saturday of Meatfare

“The Orthodox Church prays for those of its members who may have died unexpectedly because of wars, plagues, starvation, or any other sort of death while they were in a foreign country, or while they were traveling by sea, by land, or by air. The Church also prays for the poor, or for those who may not have received a proper burial, or who had no one to request Memorial Services to be offered for them.

We pray for the departed on this Saturday because the Orthodox Church has established Saturday as the proper day of the week for remembering the dead. On this day before we hear the Gospel about the Last Judgment, we should pause to recall our own inescapable death when we shall appear before Christ to give an account of our lives. May we have “an acceptable defense before His dread Judgment Seat.”

As we prepare for the spiritual struggles of the Great Fast, we should remember that we have been given this present life for repentance and for entreating God’s mercy. When Christ comes in glory to judge the world, it will be too late then to say that we repent, or to ask for mercy. Therefore, we should make the most of the time that has been given us in order to struggle against every sinful impulse which separates us from God, to confess our sins, to correct ourselves, and to pursue a life of virtue and holiness.

During the week leading up to Meatfare Sunday, we do not sing “Alleluia” in place of “God is the Lord,” at Matins. “Alleluia” is appointed to be sung on the Wednesday and Friday of Cheesefare Week, and also during Great Lent. See the TYPIKON or the OCA rubrics book for information about the structure of the pre-Lenten and Lenten services. ” (text: OCA.org)

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Prayerfully yours in Christ’s service,

Întru Hristos Domnul,

 

 

 

Fr. Hieromonk Polycarp

Programul Liturgic / Liturgical schedule

Aprindeți o lumânare / Light a candle

Pomelnic / Prayer request

Donations Altar de Vară/Pavilion

INVITATION to Save the Dates in 2023:

• 29 aprile 2023 – Hramul Mic/Annual Spring Pilgrimage Day (Sf. M. Mc. Efrem cel Nou/St. Ephraim the New)
• 22 iulie 2023 – Pelerinaj în cinstea Maicii Domnului (Icoana “Gherontissa”) / Annual Summer Pilgrimage Day in honor of our Mother of God
• 16 septembrie 2023 – Hramul Mare/Annual Fall Pilgrimage Day (Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci/Exaltation of the Holy Cross)

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Mănăstirea Ortodoxă Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci și Sf. Efrem cel Nou

The Orthodox Monastery Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New

 

 

308328 Hockley Rd., Mono

Orangeville, Ontario L9W 6N4

Cell: 226.200.1074

Office: 519.942.3489

E.  holycrossorthodoxmonastery@gmail.com

New Website: www.monasterymono.org

Join our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxMonasteryMono/

Episcopia Ortodoxă Româna a Canadei / The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada    

The Orthodox Monastery “Holy Cross” is under the spiritual and ecclesiastical authority (omofor) of His Grace, Bishop Ioan Casian, of The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada.

Mitropolia Ortodoxă Română a celor două Americi / The Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas

PASTORAL VISIT OF HIS GRACE BISHOP IOAN CASIAN 

Sunday March 12th 2023 :

Memorial Saturday of Meatfare

Saturday  18th February 2023 :

Mănăstirea Ortodoxă Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci și Sf. Efrem cel Nou

The Orthodox Monastery Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New

Aprindeți o lumânare / Light a candle

T. (519) 942-3489 E.  holycrossorthodoxmonastery@gmail.com

New Website: www.monasterymono.org

Join our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxMonasteryMono/

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Memorial Saturday of Meatfare

“On the day before Meatfare Sunday, on which we remember the Last Judgment, the Orthodox Church prays for those of its members who may have died unexpectedly because of wars, plagues, starvation, or any other sort of death while they were in a foreign country, or while they were traveling by sea, by land, or by air. The Church also prays for the poor, or for those who may not have received a proper burial, or who had no one to request Memorial Services to be offered for them.

We pray for the departed on this Saturday because the Orthodox Church has established Saturday as the proper day of the week for remembering the dead. On this day before we hear the Gospel about the Last Judgment, we should pause to recall our own inescapable death when we shall appear before Christ to give an account of our lives. May we have “an acceptable defense before His dread Judgment Seat.”

As we prepare for the spiritual struggles of the Great Fast, we should remember that we have been given this present life for repentance and for entreating God’s mercy. When Christ comes in glory to judge the world, it will be too late then to say that we repent, or to ask for mercy. Therefore, we should make the most of the time that has been given us in order to struggle against every sinful impulse which separates us from God, to confess our sins, to correct ourselves, and to pursue a life of virtue and holiness.

During the week leading up to Meatfare Sunday, we do not sing “Alleluia” in place of “God is the Lord,” at Matins. “Alleluia” is appointed to be sung on the Wednesday and Friday of Cheesefare Week, and also during Great Lent. See the TYPIKON or the OCA rubrics book for information about the structure of the pre-Lenten and Lenten services. ” (text: OCA.org)

ALL-NIGHT VIGIL 

2 FEBRUARY 2023

8:00PM – 1:30AM

2 FEB – FEAST DAY OF “HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS ANNA THE PROPHETESS” PATRONESS SAINT OF THE MONASTERY’S SMALL CHAPEL DEDICATED TO HER

8:00PM (2 FEB) – GREAT VESPERS-ORTHROS-

12:00AM (3 FEB) – DIVINE LITURGY

PASTORAL VISIT OF HIS GRACE BISHOP IOAN CASIAN 

Monday January 30th. 2023

Building for the present and the future

Letter of exhortation and joy

Building for the present and the future

Beloved friends of the Monastery,

By the mercy of God, with great joy we are announcing that we have received all the approvals from the city to start construction of the Pavilion, a multifunctional building that we will be able to use during Spring, Summer and Fall. Until we build a larger church, the monastery will use the chapel and also the Pavilion to conduct its Holy Liturgical Services throughout the year.

Please keep this important project in your prayers and thoughts. Thank you very much for your generous ongoing financial support of our monastery.

May the blessings of the Lord be ever upon our Holy Monastery and all its donors and benefactors.

“God bless the works that are carried out in this holy and venerable monastery for the glory of God and may they be successfully completed, with the grace and the work of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord”.

Prayerfully yours in Christ’s service

Hieromonk Polycarp

Mono – January 22, 2023

The Day of bringing the Icon of the Mother of God “Stareța” (Gherontissa) to the Orthodox Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephrem the New from Mono

INVITATION to save the dates in 2023:

– 29 April 2023 – Annual Spring Pilgrimage Day (St. Ephraim the New)

– 22 July 2023 – Annual Summer Pilgrimage Day in honor of our Mother of God

– 16 September 2023 – Annual Fall Pilgrimage Day

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Mănăstirea Ortodoxă Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci și Sf. Efrem cel Nou

The Orthodox Monastery Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New

308328 Hockley Rd., Mono

Orangeville, Ontario L9W 6N4

Programul Liturgic / Liturgical schedule

Aprindeți o lumânare zilnic / Light a candle daily

Pomelnic / Prayer request

Cell: 226.200.1074

(519) 942-3489

[email protected]

New Website: www.monasterymono.org

Join our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxMonasteryMono/

Episcopia Ortodoxă Româna a Canadei / The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada    

The Orthodox Monastery “Holy Cross” is under the spiritual and ecclesiastical authority (omofor) of His Grace, Bishop Ioan Casian, of The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada.

Mitropolia Ortodoxă Română a celor două Americi / The Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas