Icons and Relic of St. Gabriel of Georgia to Visit Four Canadian Cities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The North American tour of an icon containing a relic of St. Gabriel the Confessor and Fool-for-Christ, together with the Icon of the Lot of the Most Holy Theotokos, will continue with visits to Georgian Orthodox communities in four Canadian cities later this month.

The tour is connected with the 1,700th anniversary of Christianity’s proclamation as the state religion of Georgia. It was organized at the initiative and with the support of the Georgian Patriarchate and the Georgian state, according to the Georgian Diocese in North America.

The Canadian itinerary includes services honoring St. Gabriel, as well as hierarchical Divine Liturgies celebrated by Bp. Saba of North America.

• Montreal — Wednesday, October 21, at 7:00 p.m. A Paraklesis to St. Gabriel at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, 349 Melville Ave., Westmount, QC H3Z 2J7, hosted by St. Nino Georgian Orthodox Mission.

• Vancouver — Thursday, October 22, at 7:00 p.m. A Paraklesis to St. Gabriel at St. Michael the Archangel Serbian Orthodox Church, 7837 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V3N 3K8, hosted by Thirteen Assyrian Fathers Georgian Orthodox Church.

• Calgary — Saturday, October 24, at 10:00 a.m. A hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bp. Saba at St. Simeon Serbian Orthodox Church, 16025 243 Ave. E, Calgary, AB T1S 4C3, hosted by St. Andrew the First-Called Georgian Orthodox Mission.

• Cookstown, near Toronto — Sunday, October 25, at 9:30 a.m. A hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bp. Saba at Iveron Icon of the Mother of God Georgian Orthodox Church, 21 Church St., Cookstown, ON L0L 1L0.

The Canadian visits follow the tour’s arrival in the United States last week, which was previously reported.

Previously, the UOJ reported that the Ecumenical Patriarchate welcomed the Greece-Bulgaria agreement on the return of relics.