Bulgarian Orthodox Church "St Ivan Rilski"

Church dedicated to:
St John (also Ioan or Ivan) of Rila

Mission is officially a part of:
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Within the diocese of Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia: http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/

Priest:
rev Dimitar Shumov

Services held in:
Old Church Slavonic, Bulgarian

Services held:
Holly Liturgy - every Sunday at 11:00
Although usually no services are held in the other days of the week, the shrine is open on Saturdays as well.

You can visit:
Every Sunday between 10:30 - 13:30
Every Saturday (opening hours TBC)
Shrine is closed on weekdays.

Architecture: 
A single nave cathedral with one bell tower and no dome.

Interior:
- Narthex.
- Nave has 4 rows of benches (plans to remove most of the seats in the distant future in order to bring the interior closer to Orthodox tradition have been unofficially anounced by some members of the church board)
- Altar. Iconostasis with a single tier of icons - sovereign tier.

Holy relics:
St John of Rila (embedded in a reliquary within an icon in front of the iconostasis)
St. martyr Tryphon of Syria (in the antimins)

Shrine and altar consecrated: 
No. Since the building is still official property of a catholic diocese which would occasionally perform services in it, the altar has not been consecrated. Following Orthodox canon all Christian Orthodox services and mysteries performed in the shrine are done in front of the antimins which contains the holy relics of St. martyr Tryphon of Syria.

Official website:
www.stivanrilski.org

Address:

Eglise “St. Ivan Rilsky”,
1191, boul. Sauve est
Montréal, Qc
H2C 1Z8.