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Father Vasyl (Kolega)

Archpriest

He graduated in 1996 from the Lutsk-Volyn Theological Seminary in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.

 

On August 1, 1996, he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Guriy (Kuzmenko), Bishop of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynskyi, in the city of Zhytomyr.

 

From 1996 to 1999, he served as rector of parishes in the Zhytomyr Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

 

From March 1999 to 2011, he served as rector of parishes in Edmonton, Alberta, within the Canadian Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.

 

In 2011, he was appointed rector of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Toronto, Ontario, within the Canadian Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.

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Father Ivan (Shandra)

Archpriest

He graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary.

 

On March 7, 1993, he was ordained to the priesthood by Metropolitan Filaret (Karagodin), with Bishop Dmitrevsky, at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Russia.

 

From 1993 to 1997, he served as rector of parishes in Bukovets, Perekhresny, and Roztoka, Volovets District, Zakarpattia Region, Ukraine, and from 1997 to 1999, he served as a priest of the Cathedral in Khust, Zakarpattia Region.

 

From 2000 to 2008, he served as rector of 13 Patriarchal parishes in Alberta, Russian Orthodox Church, Canada. From 2008 to 2019, he served in the Khust Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, including as rector of the Holy Spirit Church in Lipcha, Khust District, from 2017 to 2019.

 

Since May 2019, he has served as clergy of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Irina Ivanov
Treasurer
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Alexander Pravosudov
Assistant Warden
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Eduard Evstigneev
Parish Warden
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