# TWO ORDINATONS IN OCTOBER. PLAN TO BE THERE!

- Link: https://nweparchy.ca/2026/08/two-ordinatons-in-october-plan-to-be-there/
- Published: 2026-08-31T21:19:01-07:00
- Author: Website

Our Eparchy will be having two ordinations in the middle of October – One on the“
lower mainland” and one on “the Island”. These will be happy days for those being
ordained and for our entire Eparchy!

The first ordination will be that of Subdeacon **Adrian Kopystynsky** to the **Diaconate**
at the [**Protection of the Mother of God** [St. Mary’s] **Parish**](https://www.stmarysbc.com/)
in Vancouver on **Sunday 11 October** 2026! The second ordination will be that of**
Connor Rafferty** to the Minor Orders and **Subdiaconate** at [**St. Michael the Archangel Parish**](https://stmichaelnanaimo.ca/)
in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island on **Sunday 18 October** 2026.

Please keep these two gentlemen in your prayer as they prepare for their ordinations.
Know that you are welcome to attend. Do, however, check with the respective parishes
for more details and if there is any requirement regarding a reception.

PRAY FOR MORE VOCATIONS! We truly need more people to step forward to serve as trained
and dedicated **Readers**… **Subdeacons**… **Deacons**… and **Priests**… and, of
course, those dedicated to the **Monastic/Religious** way of life as **Brothers**
and **Monks** and as **Sisters** with so many charisms and in so many ways!

On the 2024 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis said that we need people
of [**courage** to **commit** to be **pilgrims of Hope** and **builders of Peace**](https://nweparchy.ca/2024/04/world-day-of-prayer-for-vocations-2024/)!
Can YOU be such a person!?

The website for the [**2026 World Day of Prayer for Vocations**](https://worlddayofprayerforvocations.com/)
offers a number of reflections and [**PRAYERS FOR VOCATIONS**](https://worlddayofprayerforvocations.com/prayers/).
Please take a look at and **read those various prayers** for vocations….. and listen
with your soul if the Lord is not calling you to serve Him and His People in a special
way…

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