November 7
Today
- Saturday School Activities
- Vesper prayers followed by Midnight praises
Posted for this week
Servants Spiritual Day
English
From the church calendar
This week at the church
Every service below is on the church’s public calendar, in Toronto time. A feast, a fast, or a visiting bishop can still move an hour. Open the month.
November 8
Sunday
- Divine Liturgy
- In-Class Sunday School
November 9
Monday
- Prayer Meeting
November 10
Tuesday
- Midnight praises in Arabic @ Zoom
November 11
Wednesday
- Divine Liturgy
- Seniors meeting of the blessing
November 12
Thursday
- English Tasbeha
- Boys and Girls Hymn class
- TGIF Youth Uni/Grad Meeting
November 13
Friday
- Divine Liturgy
- Highschool Youth Meeting
- The Good Shepherd Family Meeting
2026 Board member elections
Seven members will be elected to the church board. This is the season to name who will carry the financial and administrative work. Spiritual care remains with the clergy. An eligible active member may nominate someone else. No one nominates himself or herself.
- November 8–22 Nomination period Hand a form in at the church, or submit the nomination online.
- November 23 – December 7 Eligibility review and final slate The Board Election Committee reviews the nominations and publishes the final slate.
- December 20, 2026 Voting day and vote counting In person after the Divine Liturgy, and by the authorized online ballot. The votes are counted the same day.
To nominate on paper, print the form and hand it in at the church.
Verse of the day
A word for this morning
“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.
Psalms 118:13
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From the Fathers
The Synaxarium
Martyrdom of the Sts. Marcian (Marcianus) and Mercurius
On this day of the year 351 A.D., the great saints Marcianus and Mercurius became martyrs. They were disciples of St. Paul the Martyr, Patriarch of Constantinople. When Emperor Constantine II, the son of Constantine the Great, adopted the belief of Arius, Abba Paul the Patriarch opposed him - so he exiled him to Armenia, where he was killed by strangulation.
The Katameros
Readings for the Divine Liturgy
Vespers, Matins, and the Liturgy, in the order the Coptic Church keeps them, with the Synaxarium beside the Gospel.
Holy Gospel
Matthew 12:9–23
Now when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"--that they might accuse Him. Then He said to them, "What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
From the church
Liturgy from Ajax
Liturgies prayed in Ajax, and the latest word from His Holiness.
Ways to give
God loves a cheerful giver.
Each one should give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly. — 2 Corinthians 9:7