Department of Religious Education

Director: Rev. Fr. Peter Mentis

Prophet Elias
1785 Matheson Boulevard East
Mississauga, ON L4W 1V2
T: 905-238-9491 / 238-5943
F: 905-238-9491

Mission Statement

The Department of Religious Education provides instruction, access to resources and networking to support the proclamation of the Gospel of our Lord, God and Savior  Jesus Christ throughout our Holy Metropolis of Toronto (Canada). This Ministry hopes to encourage a greater communion with God by nurturing a deeper faith through the Orthodox Christian Church.

Spiritual and Teaching Resources

• Celebrating the Feast Day of your Church and Ensuring Students Attend: A Message from Metropolitan Sotirios

• The Lord’s Prayer || The Nicene Creed || Holy God and the Jesus Prayer
• Prayers Before and After Communion

• Homily on Fasting and Prayer
• Homily on Genuine Forgiveness by Saint John Chrysostom
  
• Concerning Repentance by St. Nektarios
• The Church – The Place of Man’s Theosis
  
• The Church Represents the Realm of the Holy
• Spirituality in the Home: Works of St. John Chrysostom – Homilies on Colossians

• Orthodox Spirituality
• Reflection by St. Nikolai Velimirovic
• The Power of Good Thought
• On Spiritual Struggle by Elder Porphyrios
• On Patristic Theology by Protopresbyter John S. Romanides
• On Watchfulness and the Guarding of the Heart by St. Mark the Ascetic (Letter to Nicolas the Solitary)
• The Three Methods of Prayer by St. Symeon the New Theologian

• Curriculum Chart
• Lesson Plan
• Religious Education Website: OrthodoxABC