A New Year's greeting from +Father Roman

This video was discovered only this past fall, after +Father Roman's death. His greeting was recorded in 2016. I'm sure he wishes us the same today. Walt [and Ed. Ed.] say "Amen."

VIDEO: Христос раждається! Christ is born!

Kolyada with +Father Roman Galadza: Part 1, The Trombone. 

Коляда з отцем Романом: Тромбонні сеанси. 

A Christmas gift from Father Roman, filmed in 2020, and found only recently on his mobile device. Carol together. May the joy of the Nativity be yours! 

Різдвяний подарунок від отця Романа, знайдено на його мобільному пристрої. Знято в 2020 році. Колядуйте разом. Нехай вам буде радість Різдва Христового!

  

Filmed at St. Elias Church (Ukrainian Catholic), Brampton, ON Canada.

NOTE: All Ukrainians, even in the old country, are now celebrating Christmas according to the western (Gregorian) calendar, to show that we are not Russians.

Слава Україні! Героям слава!

Funeral of +Fr Roman Galadza - Final Kiss/Procession/Burial

The final kiss and interment of +Father Roman Galadza took place at midday on 7 August 2023 at Saint Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church, in Brampton, Ontario,Canada.

   

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

+Fr. Roman Galadza - Requiem Divine Liturgy + Order of Burial (Part II)

+Father Roman, beloved of countless family, parishioners and friends,

has fallen asleep. 

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord: and let perpetual light shine upon him. Amen.

   

 

 Saint Elias the Prophet Ukrainian Catholic Church

Brampton, Ontario, Canada - 7 August 2023

 

The final kiss and interment took place immediately after this service.

Video has not yet been edited.

SCHEDULE OF FUNERAL SERVICES †MITROPHORIC ARCHPRIEST ROMAN GALADZA

Saturday, 5 August 

10am - Requiem Divine Liturgy with Father Roman’s family and parishioners of Saint Elias, with visitation for them from 9am 

7pm - Great Vespers with Lytia for the Feast of the Transfiguration, with visitation after the service until 10pm 

Sunday, 6 August – Feast of the Transfiguration 

8am - Festal Matins 

10am - Divine Liturgy 

6pm - Visitation 

7pm - Order of Burial of a Priest, First Part 

Monday, 7 August 

8am - Requiem Divine Liturgy 

11am - Order of Burial of a Priest, Second Part (includes the Final Kiss and Internment) Lunch, fellowship, and singalong to follow 

Father Roman will lie in the church for most of the above services. Please bring your musical instruments for the singalong after the burial on Monday. 

In lieu of flowers, Father Roman has asked that donations be made in his memory to Saint Elias Church. 

The money collected will be allocated according to his wishes: to the parish mortgage, the Ukrainian Catholic University, and the formation of priests and care of orphans in Ukraine.

РОЗКЛАД ПОХОРОННИХ БОГОСЛУЖІНЬ †МИТРОФОРНОГО ПРОТОІЄРЕЯ РОМАНА ҐАЛАДЗИ

Субота, 5 серпня 

10:00 - Заупокійна Божественна Літургія (для родини та парафіян), з відвідуванням з 9:00 

19:00 - Велика Вечірня з Литією на свято Преображення Господнього, з відвідуванням після служби до 22:00 

Неділя, 6 серпня -- Преображення Господнє 

8:00 - Празнична Утреня 10:00 - Божественна Літургія 18:00 - Відвідини 19:00 - Чин Похорону Мирських Ієреїв (перша частина) 

Понеділок, 7 серпня 

8:00 - Заупокійна Божественна Літургія 11:00 - Чин Похорону Мирських Ієреїв (друга частина, включає Послідне Цілування і Погребення) 

Тризна, з спілкуванням та співом 

Впродовж більшості вищезгаданих богослужінь тіло отця Романа лежатиме у храмі. Будь ласка, принесіть з собою свої музичні інструменти для співу після Погребення в понеділок. 

Замість квітів отець Роман попросив складати пожертви в його памʼять на Церкву святого пророка Ілії. 

Відповідно до його бажання зібрані кошти будуть спрямовані на сплачування парафіяльних довгів за побудову нового храму, на Український Католицький Університет, а також на формацію священників та опіку над сиротами в Україні.

For further information, please visit https://www.saintelias.com/frromanfuneral.

+ Father Roman Galadza, RIP

With great sorrow, we pass along this message just received from the family of + Father Roman Galadza, past of Saint Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brampton, Ontario.

Dear Parishioners and Friends, 

+Father Roman fell asleep in the Lord early in the morning of August 1, 2023. His passing was very peaceful, surrounded by family. 

We sang to him for much of the day on Monday, we napped at his side, and he listened to the livestream of Vespers. 

Father’s burial will take place on Monday, August 7th. Details of services will follow shortly. 

Thank you for all your prayers.

VIDEO: Good news about Father Roman Galadza

At the beginning of this month, Walt asked you to pray for Father Roman Galadza, the Pastor of Saint Elias Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Brampton ON. I'm happy to share this health update. 

Father Roman has transitioned from a "crisis" to more of a steady pace of care and treatment. He underwent five rounds of radiation therapy and expects the benefits — less pain! — to continue for the next while. He has also seen specialists in pain management and of course the oncologists. The system is working as it should and Father is in great hands. 

Walt and Agent 78 are on their way to the Great No-longer-white North to visit Father Roman. We will not be the first! A couple of days ago, Father Roman had his own personal concert from the Fun in the Sun with the Angels and Saints campers. All his favourite tunes!! Here's a sample.

 

The whole Galadza family is extremely grateful for your support and prayers. They are a source of comfort and support. Please keep Father Roman in your prayers. They are being heard and answered!

Invitation to readers in the Toronto area

Keep praying for Ukraine. God is listening!

In all the fuss over the midterms, Walt has not forgotten the war in Ukraine.

Listen to the prayers for Ukraine, for peace and freedom from the Russian invaders, during the Divine Liturgy at Saint Elias Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church, Brampton (Ontario) Canada, 6/11/2022. 

The following week we received the good news of the liberation of Kherson from the Russian invaders. 

Glory be to God! Glory to Ukraine! To the heroes, glory!

Слава Богу! Слава Україні! Героям слава!

VIDEO: Do Catholics really worship images?

 "Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. / Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them." (Exodus 20:4-5 DRV)

An evangelical Protestant reader has written to take us traditional Catholics to task for worshipping images -- he uses the term "idols" -- such as that to be seen on the iconostas and elsewhere in our churches.

Yesterday, at Saint Elias Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church, in Brampton ON, Protodeacon David Kennedy, took up this question. In under eight minutes (!) he explains the difference between worship and veneration, and why the icons help us to visualize the God we worship. 

Click here for more information on the architecture and iconography of the Church of Saint Elias the Prophet, and here for a further explanation of the church interior. To see what actually happens during an Eastern Catholic worship service, go to the Friends of Saint Elias YouTube channel. New videos  of Vespers, Matins and the Divine Liturgy are added at least once a week.

VIDEO: Moleben for peace in Ukraine

This service of intercession and supplication, was held last night at Saint Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brampton, Canada. The celebrant is the pastor of the parish, Mitred Archpriest Roman Galadza.

   

Please pray for the Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. 

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy!

Слава Україні! Героям слава!

Your invitiation to join in the "Christmas - Theophany" services streaming online from Saint Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church

This Christmas season, most of the Liturgies and other worship services at Saint Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brampton, Ontario (Eparchy of Toronto) will be streamed online on YouTube. Observed dates are according to the Gregorian calendar, beginning today, Christmas Eve, with the Royal Hours at 0800 EST.

The Vesperal Liturgy is at 1500 EST, and the Vigil (Compline and Matins) at 2000 EST. Click here for links. The pastor of St. Elias, Mitred Archpriest Roman Galadza, is the celebrant. God bless him, and God bless you as you unite yourself in prayer with all who believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, whose nativity we celebrate.

Христос Раждаєтся!