Ambassadors and Officials Receive HH Pope Tawadros II in Canada’s Airport
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, arrived in Canada last Wednesday, as the third leg of his pastoral trip to Holland, Switzerland and Canada. HH Pope Tawadros II was warmly welcomed on both the official and popular fronts, during his visit to Canada, where the first to receive him at the Toronto International Airport were acting Egyptian Ambassador, Canadian Minister of Employment, and a large number of Canadian officials, along with the Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada’s congregation, prominent Bishops and Metropolitans.
HH Pope Tawadros II Consecrates the Church and Baptismal Font of St. Mary’s and St. Joseph the Carpenter’s Church & ordains deacons
HH Pope Tawadros II consecrated on Saturday the Church and Baptismal Font of St. Mary’s and St. Joseph the Carpenter’s Church in Toronto, Canada, as well as ordaining 9 deacons at the Epideacon ranking at the same Church.
HH Pope Tawadros II visits St. John the Baptist’s & St. Elizabeth’s Church, officiating Vespers at St. Mark’s Church in Toronto
HH Pope Tawadros II visited St. John the Baptist’s & St. Elizabeth’s Church in Paris, Canada, also officiating Vespers at St. Mark’s Church in Toronto.
Canadian Parliament Member congratulates HH Pope Tawadros II & Church Choir presents hymns and hymnals, HH distributes Trophies of Al-Keraza Carnival
Fr. Boules Halim announced in a statement that Mr. Jo Daniel, member of the Canadian Parliament offered his congratulations to His Holiness, on the passage of 50 years since the Church in Canada commenced ministry. His Holiness witnessed children and youth choirs’ performances of hymnals and hymns at the Church on the occasion of his visit to Canada. His Holiness Pope Tawadros II also handed out the trophies of the Al-Keraza Carnival to competitors.
HH Pope Tawadros II receives from Mayor of Markham in Canada permit to build St. Mary’s and Abba Samuel the Confessor’s Church and blesses Church’s foundation stone
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II met members of St. Mary’s and Abba Samuel the Confessor’s Church in Markham, Canada, blessing the foundation stone. The mayor of Markham, Canada, Mr. Frank Scarpetti, had brought the permit to build St. Mary’s and Abba Samuel the Confessor’s Church, handing it to His Holiness Pope Tawadros II.
HH Pope Tawadros II offers icon of Lord Christ to Catholic Archbishop in Canada
Consecration of St. Mark’s Cathedral the largest Coptic Cathedral in Toronto, Canada
His Holiness attended at the outset of his visit to Canada a celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of founding the first Coptic Orthodox Churchin North America, the St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The celebration included consecration of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, built recently in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which will be the largest Coptic Orthodox Cathedral outside Egypt, and the second largest cathedral in Canada. A number of public officials attended the occasion, including Mayor Frank Scarpetti, mayor of Markham, and other personalities from the coalition government and provinces, and councils and leaders of neighboring communities. Worth noting, St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church was founded in 1964 at the hands of His Holiness Pope Kyrillos [Cyril] VI, who ordained the Very Reverend Father Marcus Marcus as the first Coptic priest in all of North America. At the time, Father Marcus was living in Toronto, and serving Copts in the entire continent single-handedly for around three years in the sixties.
