The Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Saint-Hubert, Canada, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sunday, October 6, marking two decades since its first Divine Liturgy.
The anniversary program includes the hierarchical Divine Liturgy beginning at 10:00 AM (local time), followed by a fraternal agape meal.
The Romanian community served by this holy place was formed in 2004, under the canonical jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Canada, with His Eminence Nicolae Condrea, now Metropolitan of the Americas, as its first hierarch.
The first liturgy in this community, placed under the protection of Saint George the Great Martyr, was officiated on October 10, 2004. The current place of worship was purchased in 2008.
In 2016, at the Congress of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Two Americas, the establishment of a Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada was proposed.
Following the approval of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the first Congress of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada took place in 2017, and the first hierarch of the new diocese, His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian, was enthroned.
The Diocesan Cathedral in Saint-Hubert, in the Canadian province of Quebec, is also protected by Saints Epictetus and Astion. Its address is 2000 Boul. Marie Saint-Hubert J4T 2B1.
Saint-Hubert is located approximately 60 kilometres from the border with the American states of New York and Vermont.
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