List of Eastern Orthodox churches in Toronto
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The following list presents Eastern Orthodox churches in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of January 2010, there are 28 Orthodox churches within Toronto, 9 Mission stations, 4 Chapels, and 1 monastery, for a total of 42 canonical Orthodox sanctuaries.
The first Orthodox community established in the city of Toronto was the Greek Orthodox Community of St. George, founded in 1909, presently located on Bond Street in the heart of downtown Toronto.Dr. Peter Jeffreys. Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church: An Architectural and Iconographic Guide. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. p.1.{{#tag:ref|The first immigrant of Greek origin is reportedly Dr. Peter ConstantinidesWilliam Nellis. Heritage Fair to Recall Ethnic Past: Toronto's Peoples, Their Contributions. The Globe and Mail. Saturday September 24, 1983. Page S8. who came to Toronto in 1864 to attend the Medical School at the University of Toronto. On May 21st 1909 a meeting was held at the Y.M.C.A. attended by about 200 Greeks living in Toronto. They constituted themselves into a corporate body identified as the "St. George Greek Orthodox Community of Ontario".George D. Vlassis. The Greeks in Canada. 2nd Edition. Ottawa: G.D. Vlassis, (Hull, Que.: Leclerc Printers), 1953. p.186.St. George's Greek Orthodox Community of Toronto. 100 Years: 1909-2009, 100th Anniversary Commemorative Book. 2009.|group=note}} This was followed by Sts. Cyril and Methodius Macedono-Bulgarian Church, founded one year later in 1910, presently located on Dundas and Sackville Streets, and the Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour in 1915, of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).
Canonical Orthodox Churches{{#tag:ref|Members of the Canadian Conference of Orthodox Bishops. |group=note}}
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==Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada)==
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St George Greek Orthodox Community
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:* "...Top centre shows a part of the procession when Most Rev. R. Athenagoras of Long Island, New York, dedicated the old Holy Blossom Synagogue, Bond Street, in the rites and to the services of the Greek Orthodox Church..."The Globe and Mail. "Sunday Round-Up of Picture Events." Monday June 20, 1938. p.16.|group=note}}
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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
| 1961Toronto Daily Star. "Sentiment Ruled Deal: Million Dollar Church for $160,000." Saturday July 8, 1961. p.52. |
Μετά βαθείας πατρικῆς χαρᾶς ἀγγέλομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἀνεκηρύξαμεν τόν Ἱερον Κοινοτικόν ὑμῶν Ναόν τοῦ Εὐαγγελισμοῦ τῆς Θεοτόκου, Καθεδρικόν Ναόν τῆς Θ.’ Ἀρχιεπισκοπικῆς ὑμῶν Περιφερείας. Τούτον θά καθιερώση εἰς Καθεδρικόν, ἐντός ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν, ὁ νέος Βοήθος ὑμῶν Ἐπίσκοπος ἐν τῇ ὑμετέρα Θ’ Ἀρχιεπισκοπικῇ Περιφερείᾳ, ὁ θεοφιλέστατος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀγκῶνος κ. Θεοδόσιος. Συγχαίροντες ὑμῖν ἐπί τούτῳ, ἐκφράζομεν τήν βεβαίαν ἐλπίδα ὅτι προθύμως θά παρέχητε τῷ θεοφιλεστάτῳ Ἐπισκόπῳ ὑμῶν Ἀγκῶνος κ. Θεοδοσίῳ, πᾶσαν δυνατήν συμπαράσρασιν καί βοήθειαν εἰς ἀνάδειξην τοῦ νέου Καθεδρικοῦ ὑμῶν Ναοῦ καί δι’αὐτοῦ τῆς Ἁγίας ὑμῶν Ὀρθοδόξου Πίστεως καί Ἐκκλησίας ἐν τῇ πόλει καί Περιφερείᾳ ὑμῶν, καί διατελοῦμεν. Μετά πολλῆς ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀγαπής καί θερμῶν πατρικῶν εὐχῶν πρός πάντας Ο ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ Ο ΑΜΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΣ"|group=note}}
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St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
| 1962 |
:* The Cultural centre provides: head offices for GCT; an office for the priest and the church administrators; classrooms for Sunday school students; and multipurpose workshops for extra-curricular, cultural and religious activities.
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All Saints Greek Orthodox Community
| 1963, |
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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Community
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Holy Trinity-Panagia Grigoroussa Greek Orthodox Community
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Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Community
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St. Irene Chrysovalantou Greek Orthodox Church
| 1975 |
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St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
| 1981 |
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Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Church
| 1985 |
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St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church
| 1998 |
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Lifegiving Font Greek Orthodox Chapel
| 1998 |
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Sts. Anargyroi Hellenic Home Chapel
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Sts. Cyril and Methodios Hellenic Home Chapel
| 2004, |
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The Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Chapel
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==Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC)==
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(Diocese: Toronto and the Eastern Eparchy)
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St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto)
| 1926{{#tag:ref|At a meeting, held at the Ukrainian Peoples’ Home on October 31, 1926, the decision was made to lay the foundation for the parish.[http://www.stvolodymyr.ca/AboutUs.html St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral]. Accessed 2010-09-16.|group=note}} 1935{{#tag:ref|In 1935, the congregation bought the site at 400 Bathurst St. on which to erect a church. But for their immediate needs, the Congregation acquired a large building at 404 Bathurst.|group=note}} 1948{{#tag:ref|The new church was officially opened and named St. Vladimir’s Church.|group=note}} |
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St. Andrew Parish
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St. Demetrius Sobor
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Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Anne
| 1958[http://www.stannesorthodox.com Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Anne]. Retrieved 2011-12-06. | | |
==American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (ACROD)==
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St. Euphrosynia of Polotsk Belarusian-Greek Orthodox Church
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St. John the Compassionate Mission
| 1986 |
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St. Silouan The Athonite Orthodox Church
| Regent Park / Riverdale, Toronto | 2002 |
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St. Zoticos Orthodox Mission
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=Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia=
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St. Cyril & Methody Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Cathedral
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St. George Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church
| 1941 |
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Holy Trinity Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church
| 1972Paul R. Magocsi, Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. p.291.{{#tag:ref|"In 1972 the Sveta Troica (Holy Trinity) Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church was established in Toronto, mostly for political reasons. Many members belonged to the Bulgarian National Front (BNF) and the Macedonian Patriotic Organization (MPO) and firmly believe that Slavic Macedonians are part of the Bulgarian nationality. The parish was initially within the Bulgarian diocese of the Orthodox Church in America, during the late 1970s within the Russian Church Abroad, and since 1982 under the Holy Synod in Bulgaria. It has about 150 members and is strongly committed to promoting Bulgarian identity and language."|group=note}} |
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=Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric=
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St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral
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==OCA - Archdiocese of Canada==
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Christ the Savior Russian Orthodox Church
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Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Mission
|University of Toronto, St George Campus | 2015 |
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St. Astius Albanian Orthodox Mission
| 2003 |
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St. Tikhon Podvoriye
| 2001 |
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St. Seraphim of Sarov Church
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==OCA - Romanian Episcopate==
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St. George Church
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St. John the Evangelist Church
| Vaughan | 1999 |
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Holy Trinity Cathedral
| 1949,{{#tag:ref|On November 2, 1949, Archbishop Joasaph of Edmonton, representing the synod of bishops of the Russian Orthodox church outside of Russia, appointed Father Mathew Andrushenko as rector of the new parish. Reminiscent of the early days of Christianity, the small community gathered in a rented loft above a laundry on Parliament Street near Queen. Here they brought beautiful icons and began holding services. The very first took place on December 15, 1949 with Father Mathew. Eleven people were present at that service.|group=note}} |
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Holy Resurrection Church
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Parish of St. Tikhon
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Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church
| 1955 |
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All Saints Romanian Orthodox Church
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St. Dumitru / Three Hierarchs Romanian Orthodox Mission
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Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery
| 2007 |
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Saint Iveron Icon of the Mother of God Georgian Orthodox Church
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=Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America=
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Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church
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Not members of the Canadian Conference of Orthodox Bishops
=Old Calendar Jurisdictions or Traditional Orthodox Churches{{#tag:ref|The [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendar]] schism occurred in 1935, when three bishops (''Germanos of Demetrias, the former Metropolitan of Florina, Chrysostom (Kavouridis), and Chrysostomos (Demetriou) of Zakynthos'') declared their separation from the official [[Church of Greece]] stating that the calendar change that had been implemented in 1924 was a [[Schism (religion)|schismatic]] act. Greek Old Calendarist groups maintain that they have not separated over a mere calendar, rather that the calendar is a symptom of what has been called "the pan-heresy of [[ecumenism]]."|group=note}}=
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Saint Anargyroi Old Calendar Greek Church
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==Metropolis of the Genuine Greek Orthodox Church (GOC) of America==
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:(Florinite, 1937-)GNISIOS. [http://gnisios.narod.ru/florinite.html The Florinite Synod]. True Orthodox Christian Resources.
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:*[http://www.hotca.org/directory Parish Directory]. Holy Metropolis of the G.O.C. of America.
:*[http://orthodoxyinfo.org/bishops.html NORTH AMERICAN EPARCHIAL SYNOD]. Genuine Greek Orthodox Church of America (Toronto Church website).|group=note}}
:* (A Metropolis of the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece, under Archbishop Kallinikos of Athens and All Greece (2010-present))
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Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Cathedral
| Davenport, Toronto | |
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Saint Joseph of Arimathea Orthodox Church
| Pickering | 1985, |
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Orthodox Church of the Mother of God of Prusa
| Corktown, Toronto | |
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St. Dunstan Orthodox Mission
| Swansea | |
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Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Martyrs Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene
| Old East York | |
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==True Orthodox Church of Greece ("Makarian (Lamian) Synod")==
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:(Florinite, 1995-)
:(True Orthodox Church of Greece under Archbishop Makarios of Athens and All Greece (2004-present))
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St Kosmas Aitolos Greek Orthodox Church{{#tag:ref|See: [http://www.omologitis.org/?page_id=766&lang=en Parishes and Monasteries abroad]. Confessor (Unofficial site).|group=note}}
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==Matthewite True Orthodox Christians in the United States==
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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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St. Cyril of Turov Parish
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Saint Michael the Archangel Serbian Orthodox Church
| Dovercourt Park | 1964{{#tag:ref|Built in 1889, as a 19th century Anglican church, it has been the Serbian community's downtown-Toronto local church since the 1960s.Sander Gladstone Architect. [http://www.sga-architect.com/project_details.php?pid=11896392744871&fid=50 Projects: Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church]. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005.|group=note}} |
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Toronto Church Lists
- List of Anglican churches in Toronto
- List of Presbyterian churches in Toronto
- List of Roman Catholic churches in Toronto
- List of United Church of Canada churches in Toronto
- List of Synagogues in Toronto
Other Church Lists
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada (Non-Chalcedonian)
- List of Greek Orthodox churches in the United States
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