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OUR LADY OF
GLASTONBURY
ORTHODOX CHURCH
A Western Rite Parish in the Russian Orthodox Church
Served by the Monks of Christ the Saviour Monastery
Our Lady of Glastonbury Church News
About Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church
Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church at 390 Cannon Street East in Hamilton Ontario is the monastery chapel of Christ the Saviour Monastery (Christminster) which is a Benedictine western rite monastery in the Russian Orthodox Church. In addition Christminster uses the adjoining facilities which include the monastic quarters, a Scriptorium and Refectory. Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church is used by the monks of Christminster along with Orthodox faithful throughout Southern Ontario who wish to worship in the Western Rite Tradition. Along with a Sunday High Mass there is, in the Benedictine Tradition, a daily cycle of prayer including Matins, Lauds, Tierce, the Mass, Angelus, Sext, None, and Vespers. The web site posts those services that are open to the public. Additionally the web site provides information linked to Christminster Monastery, information specifically of interest to the Orthodox faithful and inquirers who wish to be a part of the cycle of prayer and Sacrament at Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church, as well as information on the Orthodox Faith, links to web sites of other canonical Orthodox jurisdictions as well as other parishes and monasteries of the Orthodox Western Rite, including the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate with whom Christminster has always maintained a warm relationship. Additionally there is news of upcoming informational sessions, meetings, Liturgies, and visiting speakers coming to other areas of Southern Ontario.
All are welcomed to the public services at Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church, which is under the spiritual direction of Christminster and its Abbot Dom James M. Deschene. In the Orthodox Church only those who are Orthodox and are properly prepared by prayer, fasting and recent confession may receive Communion. Others may come to the Altar rail for a blessing. There is a special welcome for inquirers. Please identify yourself and we will do our best to answer any questions and make you feel at home.
390 Cannon Street East, Hamilton
Our Lady of Glastonbury
Orthodox Church
390 Cannon Street East
Hamilton, ON L8L 2C4
To contact us:
Phone: 905-522-3400
E-mail: jdeschene@msn.com
Christminster Announcement
On Sunday, 1 March/16 February 2009, notice was received from Metropolitan Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, that the monastery and mission of Christminster and Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church, in Hamilton, Ontario, would henceforth be directly under the arch-pastoral oversight of the Metropolitan himself, assisted by his Vicar Bishop Jerome, Bishop of Manhattan. Bishop Gabriel, the ruling Bishop of Canada, had
Metropolitan Hilarion
requested this change in light of his own lack of familiarity with the Orthodox western rite and its usages.
Bishop Jerome, the former Father John Shaw, is a long-time friend of Christminster and a scholar deeply learned in western liturgics.
We are grateful to each of these hierarchs for their pastoral concern for the well-being of our mission and work.
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tt Sister Sophia has taken up residence at St. Benet’s House, across Steven Street from the Monastery. Essential renovations to the house have been completed and Sister has moved in with her cat Ms. Baxter. Sister as an Oblate to Christminster will livein closer association with the monastery and to help provide accommodations for additional guests, especially women (since they are not able to stay in the guest room within the cloister).. More photos following.
Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church / Christminster
(Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia)
390 Cannon Street East, Hamilton Ontario
(905-522-3400)
Holy Week Services
2010
Palm Sunday (28 March) 10:00am
Blessing of Palms & Procession
Sung Mass with the Passion of St. Matthew
Wednesday (31 March) 6:30pm
Vespers and Anointing Service
Maundy Thursday (1 April)
8:00am Tenebrae (Matins & Lauds)
6:00pm Sung Mass & Stripping of the Altar
(Great Silence begins and extends until after Tenebrae on Saturday morning)
Good Friday (2 April)
8:00am Tenebrae
12 noon Stations of the Cross
6:00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Presanctified
Holy Saturday (3 April)
8:00am Tenebrae
7:30pm Great Vigil & First Mass of Easter
Easter Sunday (4 April)
10:00am Morrow Mass of Easter
6:30pm Vespers & Benediction
Services at Christminster are celebrated in English, with occasional Latin, according to the traditional Western Rite as approved by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Our Lady of Glastonbury Orthodox Church and the Monastery of Christ the Saviour (Christminster) belong to the Russian Orthodox Church and are under the canonical authority of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Sister Sophia with Ms. Baxter