November 10
Today
- Midnight praises in Arabic @ Zoom
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 11
Wednesday
- Divine Liturgy
- Seniors meeting of the blessing
November 12
Thursday
- English Tasbeha
- Boys and Girls Hymn class
- TGIF Youth Uni/Grad Meeting
November 13
Friday
- Divine Liturgy
- Highschool Youth Meeting
- The Good Shepherd Family Meeting
November 14
Saturday
- Saturday School Activities
- Vesper prayers followed by Midnight praises
November 15
Sunday
- Divine Liturgy
- In-Class Sunday School
November 16
Monday
- Prayer 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.
To nominate on paper, print the form and hand it in at the church.
Verse of the day
A word for this morning
So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
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From the Fathers
The Synaxarium
The Martyrdom of the Saints Maximus, Numitius, Victor (Boctor), and Philip (Philopus).
On this day, the striver Saints Maximus, Numitius, Victor (Boctor), and Philip (Philopus) were martyred. They lived in the days of Decius the Emperor. During his reign, the seven young men disappeared in a cave in a mountain in Ephesus.
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
John 10:1–16
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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