All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Mississauga)


All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to all the Serbian saints.

History

The construction of the church began in February 1983 with the purchase of the property which previous to that was a school property. The main architect of the project was the eminent architect from Belgrade.
The foundation stone was blessed and laid by the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavle during his visit to Canada on June 14, 1994. The foundations of the new church were blessed by the Bishop of Canada Georgije on November 26, 1995.
Due to the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia, the construction of the church was halted and was continued in 1999. The construction was completed in the Spring of 2002.
The church is built in the Byzantine style, traditional for Orthodox churches. It has three rows for choirs and a hand-made iconostasis. The main part of the church is a squared cross with only one cupola above the central part of the church. The altar was painted by the iconographer Dragomir "Dragan" Marunić.
The church was blessed on June 15, 2002 with the presence of Bishop of Canada Georgije, Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana Jovan, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije, Bishop of New Gračanica Longin, Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej, Bishop of Central Europe Konstantin, Bishop of Braničevo Ignatije, Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina Grigorije, Greek Metropolitan Sotirios, Ukrainian Bishop Seraphim, the head of the Karađorđević dynasty Crown Prince Alexander and his spouse Crown Princess Katherine.