Pierced by Beauty

Grace and Sanity

Too Much Joy?

Do You Want To Be Made Well?

More stories, written by Brother Luke, from St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Stories from Bright Week

Stories written by Brother Luke during Holy Week.

Stories from Holy Week

More stories from volunteers at the mission.

A Birthday, a Gift, an Apology, and a Mother’s Love

Stories from St. John the Compassionate Mission written by Brother Luke.

The Only Thing, Love in the Marketplace, the Amputation, and Reasons to Live

Reflections from Fr. Nicolaie on the Sunday of the Grateful Leper.

The Leprosy of Our Time: We Pray and We Have Hope

Scarborough is the eastern part of Toronto where St. John the Compassionate has a church and a mission, called Good Neighbours.

Two Profiles from Scarborough

Asceticism of the Open Door - Stories of the lives of the people who come to St. John the Compassionate Mission, an apostolate of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese located in Toronto, Ontario.

Parables of Community

Dn. Theodore describes an encounter he recently had with a man who claims to have written a quantum formula that proves the existence of God.

A Beautiful Mind

Fr. Nicolaie expresses the beauty of the mission that many are quick to over look in their every day busy lives.

A Time to Spare in our Society

Dn. Theodore, the Director of Community of St. John the Compassionate Mission, explains that the real work of the mission comes from sitting and talking.

Ministry of Presence

Dn. Theodore, the Director of Community of St. John the Compassionate Mission, discusses a man at the mission who wanted to love God but felt as though he just couldn't love back anymore.

Unable to Love

What does The Rule of St. Benedict have to say to an Orthodox mission in 21st-century Toronto?

More Lessons from the Wall

Dn. Theodore, the Director of Community of St. John the Compassionate Mission, reminds us that our relationship with God needs to be simpler and a lot more trusting.

Hello, God, Are You There?

Meet Edward, one of the treasures at the Mission.Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Meet Edward, one of the treasures at the Mission. Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Flowers from the Hedges: Edward

Meet Nick, one of the treasures at the Mission.Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Meet Nick, one of the treasures at the Mission. Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Flowers from the Hedges: Nick

Meet Carol Anne, one of the treasures at the Mission.Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Meet Carol Anne, one of the treasures at the Mission. Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Flowers from the Hedges: Carol Anne

Dn. Pawel, the prefect of the Lived Theology School Program, describes a typical/atypical lunch discussion at St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Tales of the Unexpected

Meet Karl, one of the treasures at the Mission.Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Meet Karl, one of the treasures at the Mission. Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Flowers from the Hedges: Karl

Fr. Roberto Ubertino, Founder and Executive Director of St. John the Compassionate Mission, tells the story of a man who would have given up hope if not for his remembrance of the bells at the mission.

Smells and Bells

Dn. Theodore, the Director of Community of St. John the Compassionate Mission, tells a suffering man to pray, but is that enough?

I Don’t Want to Die

Nikolai, a counselor at St. John the Compassionate Mission, discusses Great Lent and the Early Morning Breakfast Program at the mission.

A Friendly Practice in Toronto (Asceticism)

Fr. Roberto Ubertino, Founder and Executive Director of St. John the Compassionate Mission, demonstrates how part of the challenge and the beauty of living Orthodox mission is learning to accept the tenderness of God in our lives through the poor.

The Tenderness of God; the Tenderness of the Poor

Nikolai, a counselor at St. John the Compassionate Mission, shares how he learned from the mission to be attentive.

St. Philothei

Pres. Maria Drossos, Director of Operations, describes what makes St. John the Compassionate Mission unique and different from the outside world.

A Place of Contrast

Only those who suffer and speak the universal language of the heart can help others who suffer.

A Holy Death

Dn. Pawel, explains how the mission came to minister to victims of abuse.

No One Comes Here by Accident

Meet Xenia, one of the treasures at the Mission.Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Meet Xenia, one of the treasures at the Mission. Taken from Walking Humbly: The Holiness of the Poor, by St. John the Compassionate Mission.

Flowers from the Hedges: Xenia

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