Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We would like to thank you for the great turnout this past Saturday, December 9th, with helping with the clean-up of our Church facilities, and thereby spending a full day’s work to do:

• Detailed cleaning of the kitchen and the bar
• Setting up the room by the kitchen where the walk-in refrigerator was before
• Covering the waterproofing insulator in the chapel
• Returning all of the displaced furniture
• Placing the icons and books to their place
• Setting up the chapel and altar for Worship

The volunteers were: Cule Međedović, Dragan Ćurčić, Mile Kotarac, Stiv Stojanović, Tomo Trklja, Žiko Božić, Svetlana Đogo, Ljiljana and Radovan Ždrakanović, Srđo Stojšić, Saša Cvijetinović, Snežana and Duško Knežević, Nada Vukoje, Dejan Jokanović, Zorka and Milan Lavrnja, Dunja Pavlović, Siniša Cvetković, Ljubiša Marković, Zoran Radišić and Fr. Vladimir Vranić.

Thank you for unselfish effort and support!
– The Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We would be happy to inform you that the major repairs and mold remediation works at our facility have been completed:

1. The roof is repaired, stopping all leaks (Royal Roofing Company Inc.),
2. Drainage is repaired with 2 new sump pumps, preventing the entrance of moisture into the chapel and other lower level rooms (Go Waterproofing Inc.),
3. Mold has been decontaminated at the lower and ground floors (Canada Decon Ltd.),
4. Air Ducts are cleaned and furnace filters replaced (Twelve Points Air Duct Cleaning Ltd.)
5. A new gutter at the front of the building was added to prevent accumulation of rainfall against wall of the lower rooms

Furthermore, last Saturday December 2nd the courtyard was cleaned up (and contents partially reordered in the building) by volunteers Dragan Ćurčić, Zoran Kapor, Cule Međedović, Srđo Stojšić, Saša Cvijetinović and Zoran Radišić.

At this time we appeal to you to please join us in the final cleanup of our indoor premises this coming Saturday, December 9th, starting from 8AM – everyone interested to take part, please contact us at office@arhangelgavrilotoronto.com

This way, by God’s Grace, we will be able to serve this Sunday December 10th at 10AM the Holy Liturgy in the premises of our Church at 49 North Lake Road in Richmond Hill – please join us in prayer to God together as our own hosts!

Thank you for your understanding and your unselfish support.

– The Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish

  

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We are happy to inform you that the repairs and mold remediation works at our facility are being finalized. So far we have managed to:

1. repair the roof, stopping all leaks (Royal Roofing Company Inc.),
2. repair the drainage in the chapel and the rooms at the lower level (Go Waterproofing Inc.),
3. we are in the final phase of the mold decontamination at the lower and ground floors (Canada Decon Ltd.).

and we are at left with completing air duct cleaning, hopefully in the next couple of days.

Therefore the Holy Liturgy on Sunday, December 3, at 10 am will still be held in the St. George Center at 9116 Bayview Ave, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3R9, as well as on Monday, December 4th, at 9am for the Presentation of the Theotokos.

Thank you for your understanding and your unselfish support.

– The Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish

Dear brothers and sisters,

We would like to inform you that we have hired Canada Decon Ltd. to remove the mould from our premises at 49 North Lake Rd in Richmond Hill. Their work commenced on November 9th, and we will inform you once the job is completed.

Yesterday, H.G. Bishop Mitrofan paid a personal visit at our premises to see how the ongoing work is progressing. He told us that he will be visiting us again, blessing this work and effort.

Upon completion of the mould remediation, we will organize volunteers to help with setting-up and habilitating our place for worship services again. You will be informed about it in a timely manner.

Thank you for your understanding and your unselfish support.

– The Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

The members of our Parish Board, including Fr. Vladimir Vranic, met with His Grace Bishop Mitrofan on October 24th at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery near Milton, ON. We were welcomed wholeheartedly by Fr. Abbot Vasilije at the Monastery. Following the reception at 19:30 our meeting commenced. At the end of the meeting His Grace Bishop Mitrofan provided us with the following direction:

1. His Grace asks our parishioners to respect the administrative laws and processes of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Mainly if parishioners have any questions they are to direct them to the parish board via a board member and/or the parish priest. They are welcomed to also contact the diocese directly with any questions. He explained that the parish has by-laws which clearly outline processes and that the Diocese has a statute which also outlines processes and we are all expected to follow them.
2. His Grace has instructed us to immediately repair our existing building at 49 North Lake Road in order to bring it into a satisfactory state with all the necessary modifications and approvals to allow for our Services to be held there again.
3. His Grace has denied us the request to host an AGM at this time.
4. His Grace passes his Archipastoral love for our parish, his blessings to all the parishioners and calls us altogether to join forces and do our part in helping restore and maintain our Chapel and property at 49 North Lake Road. Also, he promised that he will soon deliver a letter of his fatherly love, support and teaching to our Parishioners.

Thank you for your understanding and your unselfish support.
– The Governing Board of St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Parish