Category: parish life

New catechumens and annual picnic

September 14, 2025 was a special day at St Innocent.
First, during the Divine Liturgy,
James and Jonah were received as catechumens:

Then after Divine Liturgy, we had our annual picnic.
Here are a few pictures:


We also celebrated Matushka Sophia/Sharon’s birthday.
Have you ever seen a pickle birthday cake, or pickle candles?

Earlier on in the month, we celebrated Elena’s birthday with a real “cheese cake“!:

And to finish with a more serious picture,
we recently had the joy of Father Jeremiah‘s visit:

Father Deacon Victor

On Sunday July 27, at St Vladimir Church in Rock City,
our Reader Victor was ordained a subdeacon and a deacon
by Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada.

Here are a few pictures, taken by several people.

The gallery is just a preview:
be sure to click on the first picture to see it bigger,
and then use the arrrow on the right side of that first picture to access each of the following pictures in full.

 If you took pictures and would like me to add them here, let me know.

And here are a few pictures and a short video,
taken during the first Divine Liturgy
when Father Deacon Victor served in our parish, on August 3:

And here is the short video:

And a couple of pictures on our meal celebration in honor of Deacon Victor and Catherine/Karen

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