Hi everyone, Happy New Year!![]()
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Skating Night is back by popular demand!![]()
Join us at Celebration Square (300 City Centre Dr, Mississauga) on Thursday, Jan 23 from 7:00–9:00 PM for a fun night of skating with Met Youth.![]()
Skate rentals are available at Celebration Square if needed.![]()
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Also, MetYouth Prophet Elias is having a bake sale on Saturday, Jan 25 after Liturgy! We kindly ask our youth to bring donations of baked goods and desserts to sell after Liturgy. More details to come closer to the date! All proceeds will help support our Met Youth program.![]()
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We hope to see you at both!
January 7 - Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, & Forerunner![]()
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Today we celebrate the Synaxis in honour of the most sacred Forerunner, since he ministered at the Mystery of the Divine Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ.![]()
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The glorious Prophet John the Baptist is also referred to as John the Forerunner because he was the forerunner of Christ. He was a great prophet, who baptized Christ and became one of the most revered saints in the Orthodox Church. John is a cousin of Christ through his mother Elizabeth who was the daughter of Zoia. Zoia is the sister of Christ’s grandmother Anna. He was later beheaded by Herod in the first century to satisfy the request of Herod’s stepdaughter, Salome, and wife Herodias. Because he baptized Christ, he is the patron saint of godparents. He is sometimes called the Angel of the Desert; because of this title, he is sometimes depicted with wings. ![]()
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Happy Name Day and Χρόνια Πολλά to everyone celebrating today! ☦️🙏🏼
On Sunday, January 4, 2026 many from the Prophet Elias Church and Community partook in the annual Theophany Cross Dive. As always, a wonderful turnout for a glorious occasion. ![]()
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Today, on the day of Theophany, God bless everyone, και του χρόνου! ✨☦️🙏🏼✨
The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ![]()
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About the beginning of our Lord’s thirtieth year, John the Forerunner, who was some six months older than Our Saviour according to the flesh, and had lived in the wilderness since his childhood, received a command from God and came into the parts of the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins. Then our Saviour also came from Galilee to the Jordan, and sought and received baptism though He was the Master and John was but a servant. Whereupon, there came to pass those marvellous deeds, great and beyond nature: the Heavens were opened, the Spirit descended in the form of a dove upon Him that was being baptized and the voice was heard from the Heavens hearing witness that this was the beloved Son of God, now baptized as a man (Matt. 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:1-22). From these events the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the great mystery of the Trinity were demonstrated. It is also from this that the present feast is called “Theophany,” that is, the divine manifestation, God’s appearance among men. On this venerable day the sacred mystery of Christian baptism was inaugurated; henceforth also began the saving preaching of the Kingdom of the Heavens.![]()
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Χρόνια Πολλά and Happy Name Day to all celebrating today, God bless! 🙏🏼☦️
Diving for the Cross is THIS Sunday, January 4, 2026!! All ages are welcome to participate! Contact Fr. Ted directly to register ☦️
