November 6
Today
- EarlierDivine Liturgy
- Highschool Youth Meeting
- The Good Shepherd Family Meeting
Posted for this week
Servants Spiritual Day
English
From the church calendar
This week at the church
Every service below is on the church’s public calendar, in Toronto time. A feast, a fast, or a visiting bishop can still move an hour. Open the month.
November 7
Saturday
- Saturday School Activities
- Vesper prayers followed by Midnight praises
November 8
Sunday
- Divine Liturgy
- In-Class Sunday School
November 9
Monday
- Prayer Meeting
November 10
Tuesday
- Midnight praises in Arabic @ Zoom
November 11
Wednesday
- Divine Liturgy
- Seniors meeting of the blessing
November 12
Thursday
- English Tasbeha
- Boys and Girls Hymn class
- TGIF Youth Uni/Grad Meeting
2026 Board member elections
Seven members will be elected to the church board. This is the season to name who will carry the financial and administrative work. Spiritual care remains with the clergy. An eligible active member may nominate someone else. No one nominates himself or herself.
- November 8–22 Nomination period Hand a form in at the church, or submit the nomination online.
- November 23 – December 7 Eligibility review and final slate The Board Election Committee reviews the nominations and publishes the final slate.
- December 20, 2026 Voting day and vote counting In person after the Divine Liturgy, and by the authorized online ballot. The votes are counted the same day.
Verse of the day
A word for this morning
In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
Psalms 118:5
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From the Fathers
The Synaxarium
The Martyrdom of the Righteous Father Saint Macarius Bishop of Edkow (Tkoou)
On this day, the blessed father St. Macarius, Bishop of Edkow, was martyred. In this holy man, the words of David the Prophet were fulfilled saying, "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law he meditates day and night." (Psalms 1:1-2) This saint kept the commandments of His Master; traded with his talents and gained. Many were the signs and wonders God did through his hands.
The Katameros
Readings for the Divine Liturgy
Vespers, Matins, and the Liturgy, in the order the Coptic Church keeps them, with the Synaxarium beside the Gospel.
Holy Gospel
Matthew 4:23–25 · Matthew 5:1–16
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. Great multitudes followed Him--from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
From the church
Liturgy from Ajax
Liturgies prayed in Ajax, and the latest word from His Holiness.
Ways to give
God loves a cheerful giver.
Each one should give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly. — 2 Corinthians 9:7