Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Holy Trinity Orthodox Church is a multi-cultural parish, in the Canadian Archdiocese of the OCA.

We are a multi-cultural parish of the Canadian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America under His Eminence, Archbishop Irenee. Our parish was established in 1913, which made us 100 years old in 2013. Our aim is to establish a faithful Orthodox Christian witness in our area by worshipping and working together as a church community; seeking to transform ourselves, by God’s grace, into icons of

Jesus Christ; undertaking service to the Moose Jaw community. If you would like to donate to Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, e-transfers can be sent to [email protected]. The church will need your contact information if you'd like a tax receipt.

05/17/2026

Christ is risen!

Today Christ opens the eyes of a man born blind, and the blessedness, the happiness, of such a miraculous event seems self-evident. Yet the Pharisees react with hostility, and the formerly-blind man’s parents react with fear. What are we to make of this?

Christ says that he is the Truth, and that the truth will set us free (Jn. 14:6, 8:23). When he opens the blind man’s eyes to see the bright world that he made, the latter is no longer subject to the lies he was told, to the misconceptions that he nurtured, when once he was blind. When Christ opens his eyes, he is no longer subject to the false narratives woven by others; he sees clearly past the distortions of those Pharisees who desire to rule and control.

This is why, throughout the ages, the tyrannical authorities of oppressive regimes have hated the Christian faith. From the centuries of the Roman Empire to the decades of the Soviet Union, the petty Pharisees of the ruling ideology have feared the power of Christ and the Christian faith to open the eyes of the blind.

This is not because Christ’s kingdom is in competition with the kingdoms of this world: Christ’s kingdom is not of this world (Jn. 18:26). But when our eyes are opened, and we behold the light of the Resurrection, and we see ourselves as sons of the light and of the day, then we know that we are living for the age to come. Knowing the promise of the Resurrection, we are able to obtain to an inner freedom that no power in this world can overcome. “The kingdom of God is within you” precisely because it is unlike an earthly kingdom; one cannot say of it “Here it is” or “There it is” (Lk. 17:21).

Christ desires to open our eyes to this reality, too; he wishes that we would no longer see ourselves merely as part of this passing world. Blinded no longer by the power of sin and passions, we are called to understand our place in his eternal kingdom, and to live unbound and unburdened by the heavy-pressing chains of the lies told to us by the world, the demons, and by our own misguided and passionate thoughts.

The formerly-blind man’s confession of faith resounds with a deep power and unsurpassed peace: “Lord, I believe.” In the face of all life’s troubles and cares, let us also find strength and consolation in these words, knowing clearly who we are in Christ and to how great a salvation he has called us.

05/10/2026

Christ is risen!

“He told me all that I ever did,” declares the Samaritan woman to her fellow residents of Sychar. All that she ever did – shouldn’t this be a source of shame and regret? After all, she has had five husbands, and the one she has now is not her husband. However, when the Lord tells her what she has done, this does not cause her to shrink back, reproached; it causes her to go to her neighbors with joy, even excitement.

This Gospel passage is an ever-timely reminder that God loves us regardless of our many sins, our ugly past, our current struggles. We may find the memory of the Samaritan woman’s liberating happiness especially encouraging whenever we prepare ourselves for the sacrament of confession. When we approach this sacrament, we are not informing God of things he does not know; rather, we are declaring what he already knows, in the presence of his priest as witness, so that we can experience the same joy and freedom that the Samaritan woman once experienced. He knows all that I ever did – and yet he has come to me in the heat of the day and granted me to recognize him as Christ, my Savior, my Lord and my God, and thus to know his unbounded divine love for me, his creature.

05/10/2026

On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, we’re reminded that Christ meets each of us exactly where we are, offering living water to hearts that are searching. Her story speaks powerfully to young people today, showing that faith often begins with a simple moment of honesty and a willingness to be seen. In a world that pulls us in a thousand directions, her encounter with Christ invites us to slow down and listen for the voice that truly knows us. It’s a reminder that transformation doesn’t require perfection—only openness.

On this Mother’s Day, we also honor the women who, like the Samaritan Woman, courageously carry truth into their communities and families. Their love, prayers, and quiet strength help shape the spiritual lives of the next generation. May today inspire all young people to seek the living water that gives purpose, identity, and hope. May the faith of our mothers, both biological and spiritual, continue to guide us toward Christ.

As we leave the Divine Liturgy today, let us leave behind whatever keeps us from Christ. Greet one another with joy, speak kindly, and let your faith be visible in the way you treat every person you meet. Honor the mothers and mother‑figures in your life with gratitude, gentleness, and love. And as you step back into the world, remember that you, too, are called to share the living water you have received today.

05/04/2026

Christ is risen!

In ancient days Jacob rolled away a stone to water the flocks, and during these days of Pascha, we contemplate how, the stone rolled away, living water flows from the tomb of Christ to water the flock of the faithful. Today, near the Sheep Gate, the paralytic waits for someone to lift him into the pool when the water is stirred, but instead the living Water stirs himself up and comes to the paralytic; Christ himself takes the initiative to rescue and heal this paralyzed man, this lame and lonely lamb.

But we notice that Christ’s healing consists precisely in loosing the man’s paralysis, so that now the former paralytic can walk on his own. Christ does not leave this man helpless, but grants him the ability he once lacked. Likewise, when we are baptized into Christ – and each time we turn again (or rather, he turns us again) to repentance and renewal of our baptism through confession of sins – we are not left helpless, either. Instead, we are imbued anew with the power of the Holy Spirit, so that we can walk, as it were, on our own two legs, doing the works God desires us to do. “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (Jn. 8:36).

04/12/2026

Christ is risen! Indeed he is risen!

On this feast of feasts, I pray that each of us would experience the grace and truth that have come into the world through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christ’s Resurrection is God’s victory over death, and hence over all the forces of corruption, entropy, bleakness, and emptiness. Now all is filled with light! Hopelessness, despair, resignation, nihilism: all of these are shattered forever. God is with us, and his love is stronger than death. Surely it is stronger, then, than any other passing sorrow or oppression that intrudes upon our lives. Finding our joy in the Resurrection, we found our happiness upon a radiant reality that nothing in this world can quench or dim.

Christ is risen! Indeed he is risen!

Great and Holy FridayThe Noble Joseph, when he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree, wrapped it in fine line...
04/10/2026

Great and Holy Friday

The Noble Joseph, when he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree, wrapped it in fine linen, and anointed it with spices, and placed it in a new tomb.
(Troparion - Tone 2)

The angel came to the myrrh-bearing women at the tomb and said: Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption.
(Troparion - Tone 2)

Come, let us all sing the praises of Him who was crucified for us, for Mary said when she beheld Him upon the tree: Though You do endure the cross, You are my Son and my God!
(Kontakion - Tone 8)

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