Archpriest Valery Zakharov
There is a very important lesson in this story for us: We must always be cautious in our actions and words, and try not to let anything defile our fasting.
The St. Olga Mission is the daughter church of St. Herman of Alaska Church in Edmonton, which had a desire to spread the Orthodox Gospel in the south of the city.
Igumen Tikhon (Borisov)
Lent is an amazing opportunity for each one of us, for each member of the Church, to escape from the deadening vanity, running around, chattering, and the endless pursuit of some dubious “values”.
Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)
The Holy Church warns us of the terrible power of sin, and calls us who stand before the doors opening to the Holy Forty Days, to force ourselves and tear ourselves away from the maelstrom of everyday vanity.
Following the consecration, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated, attended by monastics from throughout the diocese and from Mt. Athos, and a crowd of Orthodox faithful.