https://stmariahamilton.ca/home daily 1.0 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/1611110895733-S0VRR3AQ5W3FR85JAIMS/St.-Maria-of-Paris.jpg Home - Ever Ancient - Ever New At St Maria’s Orthodox Church: You’ll Discover a Church devoted to proclaiming and enacting the Good News of Jesus Christ as St Maria embodied it. You’ll Witness Orthodox Christians rooted in the garden of ancient prayer, worship and liturgy that date back to the time of the Apostles. You’ll Connect with Canadians in experiencing this worship in modern English language while bringing it new vibrancy in our own cultural idiom. https://stmariahamilton.ca/leaders daily 0.75 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/128536f5-1fd6-4322-a48a-fd9406d4ef85/image-coming-soon.jpeg Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/d751785d-1813-4623-9a77-4630bad08b5d/1_Original.png Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/b33ea028-33cd-4914-a87f-0f27dafe238f/7_Original.png Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/d336b812-79d7-4a52-a684-d56cf78370fa/3_Original.png Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/19fd21a0-285b-48b6-be8c-98cb72dc6f53/Ludwig_WEBRESOLUTION_11.jpg Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/c73d3246-80fe-446a-96b5-dee1dba690c1/1000010095.jpg Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/08673c25-6ec9-457e-b657-adc6284bc6f5/image-coming-soon.jpeg Our Leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/1611244859123-QCVTRWA8BOGDWZURDUJ1/Archbishop+2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/b01edc56-5159-4efe-aab5-5df5f8955290/tikhon+2.jpg https://stmariahamilton.ca/our-story daily 0.75 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/1611265411682-MVKCKTB9X9OE4ZJW1POJ/Liturgy.jpeg Story of English Speaking Orthodox Church in Hamilton Ontario - Humble Beginnings In 2016, our community was conceived as an informal gathering of lay people in Hamilton who were inspired by St Maria’s devotion to the least fortunate during the deeply troubled times of the Second World War. We began by organizing opportunities to contribute to our community and by gathering regularly for communal prayer and fellowship. The fruits of our prayer, fellowship, and contribution made it clear that a new mission was ready to be born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/1611341194847-IXQHPZY9BYCBV4US86Q9/Outside.jpg Story of English Speaking Orthodox Church in Hamilton Ontario - Formal Establishment With the prayers, guidance, and blessing of our beloved Archbishop Irénée our mission was formally established on July 20th, 2020 when we all received the Eucharist together on the feast day of our patroness, St Maria of Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/589e53c8-ea26-47c8-85b3-2b07b7891854/PXL_20250420_013206436%7E2.jpg Story of English Speaking Orthodox Church in Hamilton Ontario - Rooted in Tradition - Growing in Faith Since then, we continue to hold fast to the tradition handed down to us—the faith of the apostles, the prayers of the saints, the worship of the Church—while always looking ahead to how we live it out, both personally and as a community. Ever ancient, ever new, we walk forward in faith, carrying the light of Christ into the future. https://stmariahamilton.ca/services daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://stmariahamilton.ca/our-patron daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/1611167946721-8XQBI1II79JRV2PY49HW/mothermaria.jpg The story of St Maria of Paris and why we chose her as our patron. - Embodied Faith In the waning days of the Second World War a little-known Parisian artist, philosopher, defender of the dispossessed, and Orthodox Christian nun took the place of a fellow prisoner at Ravensbrück concentration camp and was led to a gas chamber to die. In a world torn apart, that nun—Mother Maria Skobtsova—remained to her final moments a rock of truth and a well-spring of peace, preaching the Gospel with her pen, her paintbrush, her love of the poor, and her martyrdom at the hands of the Nazis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/1611171635662-3Y44XZEABAOW245X748T/mothermarisketch.jpg The story of St Maria of Paris and why we chose her as our patron. - Ever Ancient - Ever New In St Maria we see a remarkable example of a Christian life, combining profound devotion to the work of prayer and contemplation with an active life following Christ’s command to feed the hungry and the clothe the naked, for as we do unto the least of His children, we do unto Him. St Maria’s writings and life brought remarkable vibrancy to our Holy Tradition, without change or revision to the teachings of the Holy Church, and in this we seek to emulate her each day as individuals and as a community. https://stmariahamilton.ca/get-connected daily 0.75 2025-05-16 https://stmariahamilton.ca/donate daily 0.75 2025-01-09 https://stmariahamilton.ca/servicetexts daily 0.75 2025-08-11 https://stmariahamilton.ca/prayerlist daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://stmariahamilton.ca/our-community daily 0.75 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/2d7f5287-2e87-4c94-9781-323229098585/Group+SMOP.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/d428c60c-ba1a-4d23-be46-4a5a1fefbcce/Bishop.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Archbishop Irenee presiding at Divine Liturgy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/ee10536e-503f-4553-b8a9-3c33b9a4abc6/As+Many.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out The Newly-Illumined are led by Fr Yuri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/bcd86768-a381-4947-b564-0b68c1dfcb88/Water+Blessing+2.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out The community gathered in prayer by the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/3316c6f4-b34c-42d2-b9a4-85bdecd64d32/St+Nick+Sermon.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Fr Yuri speaking with the kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/64e51484-df8a-437f-bddd-db74c0a9421c/Jared+Nolan+.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Fr Yuri blessing Nolan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/5f18c6af-9985-4a98-895d-20f900f8cff9/Sunday+Liturgy+%28Aug+21%29.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Just a regular Sunday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/978b6519-265e-4c51-9eb9-70f585e90bab/Procession.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out The reading of the Gospel during the Festal Procession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/f6ef5423-70ea-4250-83c3-ed67d6114544/Vespers.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Vespers in Erica’s backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/b1c3c29c-ed82-4ebd-9a24-9ecdfa18d789/Nikyla+Laughing+Baby+Shower.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Everyone enjoying a game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/f4639395-c640-4f29-ad89-632b57c4fc87/Churching+of+Ludwigs.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Fr Yuri prays for Julie and Elliot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/08fdd90f-7300-4670-b121-891c8595e100/Julie+Baby+SHower.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Friends gathered around good food and games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/7fbc7d9c-68f9-4c94-8d9f-b5613258a43f/Dismissal+Zenaida.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Zenaida’s parents and godparents receive a blessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/9c461a8d-0de3-40e3-b145-567bc4853ec9/justin+jo.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out Fr Yuri performing the Ablution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6007972a18739e1ddbd54dbb/f66d0340-5001-4a09-859f-12fce398eee1/Blessing+of+water.jpg Our Community - Make it stand out The community gathered in prayer by the lake https://stmariahamilton.ca/matins-paschal-season daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://stmariahamilton.ca/joining-our-church daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://stmariahamilton.ca/first-time-visitor daily 0.75 2025-09-09 https://stmariahamilton.ca/faqs daily 0.75 2024-06-04 https://stmariahamilton.ca/preparing-for-illumination daily 0.75 2024-06-06 https://stmariahamilton.ca/matins-june daily 0.75 2024-06-24 https://stmariahamilton.ca/roster daily 0.75 2025-01-02 https://stmariahamilton.ca/pledge-drive daily 0.75 2025-01-09 https://stmariahamilton.ca/sixth-hour daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://stmariahamilton.ca/daily-matins daily 0.75 2026-02-14 https://stmariahamilton.ca/matins-lent daily 0.75 2026-03-16