A day for the history books: the consecration of the first Serbian monastery in Canada – the Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Milton, Ontario on June 12, 1994 (Diocesan Day in the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada).
The consecration was attended by: His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia Pavle, Metropolitan of Midwestern America Christopher, Bishop of Niš Irinej, Bishop of Slavonia Lukijan, Bishop of Canada Georgije, Bishop of Gornji Karlovac Nikanor, Bishop of Eastern America Mitrofan, Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej, Bishop of Mileševa Vasilije, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Canadian politicians Jesse Flis and Tony Ruprecht, numerous guests from Sweden, Australia, England and other countries and kumovi (godparents) of the monastery Gojko and Gina (Evgenija) Kuzmanović.
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