Our priest is very sick (please pray for Fr Andrew, he’s amazing), so he retired on January 1st. We have a prospective priest coming on a visit, and get this. He’s Ukrainian, currently residing in Toronto. Of course, the parish is eager to roll out me to make Fr Dmytro feel more welcome.
This is the first time ever the parish would have a priest who is originally Orthodox, not a convert. There’s nothing wrong with converts, of course, but I would like the experience of somebody who was always Orthodox.