{"id":2341,"date":"2012-09-19T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/19\/ten-thousand-greek-faithful-parade\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:42:02","slug":"ten-thousand-greek-faithful-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/19\/ten-thousand-greek-faithful-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten thousand Greek faithful parade through Chomedey streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Record attendance at annual Holy Cross feast<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column\">\nBy Robert Frank<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perfect summer weather<br \/>\ndrew nearly half of Laval\u2019s<br \/>\nlarge Greek community out<br \/>\nin force for a series of liturgical celebrations at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helleniclaval.org\/?page_id=31\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Cross Church<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>Police closed du Souvenir<br \/>\nstreet, Sept 14, to permit<br \/>\nmore than 4,000 members of<br \/>\nthe Greek Orthodox<br \/>\nCommunity of Laval to attend<br \/>\nan evening vespers service.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the faithful<br \/>\nparaded the congregation\u2019s<br \/>\nicons through Chomedey<br \/>\nnight-time streets, led by<br \/>\nCanada\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gometropolis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Sotiros <\/a>and a<br \/>\ndozen priests, including the<br \/>\nparish\u2019s spiritual leader, the<br \/>\nVery Reverend Neatarios<br \/>\nMostratos.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, another<br \/>\ncelebration, at noon, Sept 15,<br \/>\ndrew an additional 6,000<br \/>\nadherents to a standing-room&nbsp;only service that spilled out of&nbsp;the church\u2014which can only&nbsp;seat 600 parishioners\u2014and&nbsp;was followed by another procession.<\/p>\n<p>Many members of the congregation volunteered to supplement Laval police to&nbsp;ensure that the event proceeded safely and securely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n\u201cThis was the most people<br \/>\nwho ever attended,\u201d Father<br \/>\nMostratos told <i>The Suburban.<\/i><br \/>\n\u201cIt was a very special liturgy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the end-of-summer ceremony, which celebrates the church\u2019s eponymous feast of the holy cross,<br \/>\nattracts increasing numbers<br \/>\nof people from Laval\u2019s thriving Greek community.<\/p>\n<p>Laval\u2019s other Greek<br \/>\nOrthodox congregation, St.<br \/>\nNicholas, also on du Souvenir<br \/>\nabout 2 km away, conducts<br \/>\nits annual feast day in<br \/>\nDecember, when typically<br \/>\ninclement Canadian weather<br \/>\nmakes outdoor activity less<br \/>\nappealing.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Cross Church\u2019s festivities continued through<br \/>\nSunday, Sept. 16, when the<br \/>\nladies benevolent society<br \/>\nhosted a luncheon celebration for more than 400 people.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-kQx2IuGpbpo\/UFpDnZ_LJoI\/AAAAAAAAAGQ\/nwaHP4Qu79A\/s1600\/120914+Metropolitan+Sotiros+-+Holy+Cross+Church+-+Laval.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120914-Metropolitan-Sotiros-Holy-Cross-Church-Laval.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\nSurrounded by Holy Cross Church choir boys, Metropolitan Sotiros,<br \/>\nthe spiritual leader of Canada\u2019s Greek Orthodox Church, led more<br \/>\nthan 4,000 parishioners in a procession through Chomedey streets,<br \/>\nSept. 14.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record attendance at annual Holy Cross feast By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Perfect summer weather drew nearly half of Laval\u2019s large Greek community out in force for a series of liturgical celebrations at Holy Cross Church last week. 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