November 12
Today
- English Tasbeha
- Boys and Girls Hymn class
- TGIF Youth Uni/Grad Meeting
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 13
Friday
- Divine Liturgy
- Highschool Youth Meeting
- The Good Shepherd Family Meeting
November 14
Saturday
- Saturday School Activities
- Vesper prayers followed by Midnight praises
November 15
Sunday
- Divine Liturgy
- In-Class Sunday School
November 16
Monday
- Prayer Meeting
November 17
Tuesday
- Midnight praises in Arabic @ Zoom
November 18
Wednesday
- Divine Liturgy
- Seniors meeting of the blessing
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.
Nominate online sends the nomination on the web. The print buttons are forms you complete and hand in at the church yourself.
Verse of the day
A word for this morning
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
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From the Fathers
The Synaxarium
The Departure of St. Cyriacus.
On this day, the holy father, St. Cyriacus, departed. This striver was brought up in the city of Corinth in Greece. He was the son of Orthodox Christian parents, who taught him the church subjects. They brought him to Abba Peter, Bishop of Corinth, who was his cousin, and he ordained him a reader. Cyriacus read continually and searched in the interpretations of the Holy Scriptures until he surpassed many in it. Abba Peter appointed him to read to the people in the church and to him in his cell, and he was pleased with him.
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 16:13–19
When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
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