On Monday April 16th, our
parish, Protection the Mother of God, Oshawa,
was honoured with a visit by the head of our sister church in Slovakia, Metropolitan Jan
Babjak. He concelebrated the Divine
Liturgy at 6pm with our own bishop John Pazak, Fr. Stephen Williams and Deacon
Peter Filipowich. Also in attendance was
the honour guard of the Knights of Columbus, Sheptytsky Assembly 1730. Subdeacon Daniel Cerny, accompanying the
Metropolitan, led the singing. Following the Divine Liturgy, all in
attendance were treated to a beautiful reception organized by Lucia
Williams. Metropolitan Jan, aided by the
translations of Daniel Cerny, gave a presentation of the life of his eparchy in
Presov. Especially impressive was his
description of his 160 parishes, 300 priests, and a seminary bursting at the
seams! We also saw the array of
ministries undertaken by his clergy and laity, ministries for youth, building
projects, etc. It was impressive and a
great challenge to our eparchy here in Canada.
Fr. Stephen and Lucia Williams
Photos by Mary Siroky - Snell
On Monday April 16th, our
parish, Protection the Mother of God, 
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