Author: Pr. A. Mironas
July 6, 2010
Orthodox Christians in Canada will have a Church that is linked to the Metropolitanate of Chisinau and all Moldova. A priest from the Republic of Moldova wishes to open a church in Canada where services will be offered in Romanian. Sources: Unofficial translation of material found at: Mitropolia.md/main/show_article/2824 & http://www.info-prim.md & http://www.ortodoxia.md/stiri/3073.
The Moldovan community in Quebec will now have religious services in the Romanian language. “Until now services were held only in Russian and Ukrainian” declared Fr. Alexei Mironaş, a cleric in the Moldovan Metropolitanate [which is under the Moscow Patriarchate] at a press conference where he mentioned that he would be leaving tomorrow on a year and one half mission to Montreal, Quebec region, Canada.
“The Moldovan Metropolitanate has good news for Moldovan Orthodox Christians from Canada. Responding to the request of the Moldovan community in Canada, I will depart tomorrow to be close to the Christian faithful there.”
“With the help and Blessing of His Eminence Vladimir, the Metropolitan of Chişinău and all Moldova, we will, for the beginning, rent a small locale, where Moldovans from Canada will come and feel at home” said Fr. Alexei Mironaş. Christian Orthodox Churches with services in the Romanian language now exist in Italy, Portugual, Spain, etc. “Prime Minister Vlad Filat will financially support this initiative. There are sufficient funds to go to Canada and and open a church there” said the priest, without disclosing the sum of money in question. In his opinion, the region to which he has been sent has over 3,500 Moldovan families.