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. 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
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada)
CongregationLocationDatesNotesImage St George Greek Orthodox Community Garden District, Toronto 1909,1937Toronto Daily Star. Opening New Church for Toronto Greeks: Former Holy Blossom Synagogue, Bond St., Beautifully Transformed. Friday November 26, 1937. Page 36.Toronto Daily Star. Greek Church Takes Over Synagogue. Monday June 20, 1938. Page 6. September 15, 1897 - Dedication of Church structure founded as Holy Blossom Temple; executed in the Neo-Byzantine style. June 19, 1938 - Consecration of St. George church by Archbishop Athenagoras, who later became Ecumenical Patriarch. November 10, 1976 - Heritage Property of the City of Toronto government. 1987-1992 The church interior is unique in being the only one outside of Greece to have been painted in its entirety by the Pachomaioi monks, Theophilos and Chrysostomos, master icono painters from Mount Athos, Greece.Angus Skene, Special to the Star. "Byzantium, five minutes from the mall; St. George's church a stroll from Eaton Centre; Greek monks painted heavenly dome inside." Toronto Star. Sunday June 13, 2004: B04. 2004-2013 Showcased in the annual Doors Open Toronto event. 2009 St George Greek Orthodox Community celebrates its 100th anniversary. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral Roncesvalles, Toronto 1961Toronto Daily Star. "Sentiment Ruled Deal: Million Dollar Church for $160,000." Saturday July 8, 1961. p.52. 1909 Church structure founded; architect was George Martell Miller (1854/5–1933) and son William J. Miller. 1909-1925 North Parkdale Methodist Church. 1925-1961 North Parkdale United Church. 1961 Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church opened, under the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto. 1963 Consecrated by Metropolitan Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Elaia. 1967 Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America raises the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church to the rank of a Cathedral Church in the Ninth Archdiocesan District of the Archdiocese of North and South America. Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Cathedral Church. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. 14 November 1967. 2000 Five-alarm fire entirely guts interior of Church.Hamida Ghafour. Church Fire Leaves Greek Community in Shock. The Globe and Mail. Tuesday April 4, 2000. Page A20.Robert Arnold and Peter Vogel. "CCI Responds to Fire at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral." CCI Newsletter, No. 26, November 2000."Landmark church goes up in flames, dozens of firefighters bring blaze under control." Canadian Press Newswire. Toronto:Apr 3, 2000. 2002 A new Byzantine-style church is opened within the old Romanesque building.Jim Wilkes. "Church reborn from ashes: Greek Orthodox cathedral to reopen after blaze in 2000." Toronto Star. Thursday June 27, 2002. Page B04.Lighthall, WD. "Rebuilding of church a true labour of love." Daily Commercial News and Construction Record. Mar 26, 2002. Vol. 75, Iss. 60, p. A1, A5. 2006 Odyssey Montessori School - Sorauren Campus is established.Odyssey Montessori School - Sorauren Campus. Odyssey Montessori School. Retrieved: 1 June 2016. 2011 Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral celebrates its 50th anniversary. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Thorncliffe Park 1962 1962 Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and the attached Polymenakion Cultural Centre built. 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. 1975 Painting of the church was completed by Mr. G. Papastamatiou. Living Orthodoxy. (Adult Religious Education ministry of St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church). All Saints Greek Orthodox Community Bayview Village 1963,1966 1963 North Toronto Greek Orthodox Parish (operating as All Saints Greek Orthodox Church) is founded, the first in the city of North York. 1966 First service celebrated in its new building in March 1966. First Greek Church in Ontario to conduct its services in both Greek and English. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Community L'Amoreaux 1971,1983Parish History - Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. Toronto, Ontario. Accessed 2017-04-12. May 15, 1994 - St. Nicholas was consecrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios of Toronto (Canada). May 31, 1998 - His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople blessed this church during his historic visit to Toronto. Holy Trinity-Panagia Grigoroussa Greek Orthodox Community Palmerston-Little Italy 1972 Μιχάηλ Κ. Μουρατίδης. «Όσα δεν έσβησε ο χρόνος - Το Χρονικό της Παροικίας των Ελλήνων του Τορόντο». Ελληνική Κοινότητα Τορόντο. 2016. 1896-1928 Clinton Street Methodist Church. Pre-1972 The church building on Clinton St. belonged to a Greek Old Calendarist jurisdiction. An Athonite Hieromonk, Fr. Paisios, was its priest there when the parish was transferred to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto in 1972. 1972 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Community is founded. The first priest was Fr. Constantine Zachos. Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Community Amesbury, Toronto 1972 2000 Expansion project begun, both internal and external, completed by October 2001. St. Irene Chrysovalantou Greek Orthodox Church Greektown, Toronto 1975 1975 The first service was conducted on June 1, under the spiritual direction of Fr. Dorotheos and Fr. Chris Chronopoulos, priests remembered for encouraging children of Greek migrants to maintain their Greek culture, heritage and identity.Saint Irene Chrysovalantou. Greek Community of Toronto. Retrieved: 2013-06-20. 1986 St. Irene became the final church (of 4 churches) to join the Greek Community of Toronto. 2003 Construction began to create a domed roof along with traditional Orthodox architecture, under the tutelage of Fr. Pavlos Koumarianos. St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church Wexford, Toronto 1981 Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto 1991 Church damaged by a $1.2-million fire on the eve of its 10th anniversary.Stan Josey. Greek Parish Vows to Rebuild Church. Toronto Star. Monday, January 7, 1991. Page: A06.-----. TORONTO IN BRIEF. Church blaze probed. The Globe & Mail. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jan 7, 1991. Page: A6. A group of ten Russian Orthodox icon painters were responsible for the art in the rebuilt church.Saint John. Greek Community of Toronto. Retrieved: 2013-06-20. Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Church East Danforth 1985 1923-1925 Donlands Methodist Church.Donlands United Church (Toronto, Ont.). Archeion (Ontario's Archival Information Network). Retrieved: 2013-06-20. 1925-1984 Donlands United Church. 1985 Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Church is founded, August 20. St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church Thorncliffe Park 1998 Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy Lifegiving Font Greek Orthodox Chapel Thorncliffe Park 1998 Chapel - Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy. Sts. Anargyroi Hellenic Home Chapel Bracondale Hill Chapel - Old Age Home Sts. Cyril and Methodios Hellenic Home Chapel Dorset Park 2004,2010 Chapel - Old Age Home May 10, 2010 - Consecration of Chapel. The Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Chapel Don Mills Chapel - Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox School
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC)
(Diocese: Toronto and the Eastern Eparchy) CongregationLocationDatesNotesImage St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto) Kensington Market 1926 1935 1948 1951 The church was chosen as the see for the ruling Archbishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada, and was elevated to the rank of a Cathedral. 1952 The Iconostasis of the cathedral was installed, designed by the architect G. Kodak; the icons were painted by three artists — W. Balas, M. Dmytrenko, and I. Kubarsky, assisted by Petro Sydorenko, in the ‘Cossack Baroque’ style, which is traditional and typical of the interiors in many Ukrainian churches. 1988 As part of the celebration of the Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine, the cathedral was renamed St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. 2004 Showcased in the annual Doors Open Toronto event. St. Andrew Parish Junction Triangle 1950 St. Demetrius Sobor Long Branch, Toronto 1958Andrew Gregorovich. The Ukrainian Community in Toronto from World War One to 1971 . Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1984. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Anne Highland Creek, Toronto 1958Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Anne. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (ACROD)
CongregationLocationDatesNotesImage St. Euphrosynia of Polotsk Belarusian-Greek Orthodox Church Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction 1950,1953,1957John Sadouski. . 1950 The first Liturgy and prayers were held at the first location, on 23 March. Fr. Mikhail Mihai celebrated the Liturgy, a Greek Orthodox priest of Belarusian origin. 1952 In October the parish was officially recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch's Exarch for North America. 1953 The parish, supported by the Belarusian National Association in Canada (BNA), bought a five-room house at 11 Cunningham Avenue. On 28 June the first Liturgy was celebrated there. 1957 First Liturgy in the new church at 1008 Dovercourt Rd (bought in 1956) is celebrated on 4 August 1957, under Very Rev. V. Sahaidakivskyi. 1966 Church was renovated and a church hall was built. Fr. V. Sahaidakivskyi supervised the acquisition of nearly twenty icons from the Iablochynski Belarusian Greek Orthodox Monastery in the western Belastok Region. 1970 Parish celebrated 20th anniversary on 31 May, with Greek Orthodox Bishop Theodosius celebrating with Archimandrite I. Strok, the parish priest and four other Greek Orthodox priests. 1975 Parish celebrated 25th anniversary on 12 October, with Greek Orthodox Bishop Sotirios in attendance with the Very Rev. P. Veliki, parish priest. 2008 Church is transferred from Greek-Orthodox Diocese of Toronto to the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese. St. John the Compassionate Mission Riverdale, Toronto 1986 Mission In 1986, St. John the Compassionate Mission was erected as mission-parish of the Ukrainian Catholic church by Bishop Isidore Borecky, to serve any one in the city in need of spiritual or material help. In 2001, under Bishop Cornelius Pasichny, it was released and received by Metropolitan Nicholas (Smisko) as an Apostolate of the Carpatho-Russian Diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It serves all ages and all people in need regardless of background. Youth Summer camps are operated by the mission in co-operation with St Mary of Egypt Refuge. All liturgical services at the mission are offered in English. Its doors are open six day a week.St. John the Compassionate Mission. St. John the Compassionate Mission. Retrieved: 13 November 2018. St. Silouan The Athonite Orthodox Church Regent Park / Riverdale, Toronto 2002 English / Multicultural Parish with over 9 languages spoken