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COMMUNITY ANNOUCEMENTS & UPDATES
​2025-2026 CHURCH SERVICE SCHEDULE
HOLY WEEK CONFESSON, HOSPITAL AND CEMETERY VISITS
DONATIONS FOR HOLY WEEK FLORALS AND GREENERY
FEEDING PEOPLE IN NEED - BLESSING CENTRE DATES
MARCH 22 - INDEPENDENCE DAY YIORTI & LUNCHEON
MARCH 23 - WEEKLY BIBLE READING GROUP STARTS
MARCH 28 - LEARN TO MAKE PROSFORO
MARCH 31 - 2026 MEMBESHIP FEES DUE
APRIL 4 - YOUTH PASCHA RETREAT
APRIL 5 - PALM SUNDAY FISH LUNCH
MAY 30 - LEARN TO MAKE KOLLYVA
MAY 31 - GREEK FEST '26 SPONSORSHIP DEADLINE​​​
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY
Prophet Elias Church Brantford endeavors to support charitable and non-profit organizations in Brantford as well as worthy causes.
In 2026, Prophet Elias Brantford launched the
S.E.R.V.E. Initiative to support, encourage, reach, value, and empower people in need within the Brantford community.
Through this initiative, volunteers help prepare and serve meals at the Blessing Centre throughout the year, while also leading parish outreach efforts such as collections for food, clothing, toiletries, and other essential items.
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S.E.R.V.E. reflects our commitment to living our faith through service and caring for those in need in our community.
In 2025, our community volunteers cooked and served meals for those in need at the Blessing Centre on
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• Tuesday, October 21, 2025
• Friday, October 31, 2025
• Tuesday, November 18, 2025
• Tuesday, December 16, 2025
• Tuesday, December 30, 2025
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With God’s blessing, we hope to share a warm meal, kindness, and love with our neighbours in need. This is a wonderful way for our parish to live out our faith and serve the greater Brantford community together.
Prophet Elias Brantford members donated and collected hats, mittens, and socks to make over 200 cozy gift bags with a pair of socks and a pair of mittens or a hat. These cozy gift bags were given directly to people in need while we served Christmas Dinner to at Soup for the Soul on December 24th, 2024.
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Prophet Elias Ladies Auxiliary donated $1000 to provide Christmas dinner to 180 people in need. Members of our community, helped to prepare and serve Christmas dinner to the guests of St. Andrew’s Soup for the Soul Program on December 24th, 2024 at 95 Darling St, Brantford Ontario.
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Click the link below to view the story from CHCH News
https://youtu.be/kSvKMM6vmCc?feature=shared
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If you are interested in supporting or volunteering for the
Soup for the Soul, please visit
www.standrewsbrantford.com/soup-for-the-soul
A series of mini-tsunamis hit the Greek island of Samos minutes after the strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale occurred under the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey in October 2020.
The Church of the Dormition in Neo Karlovasi on the Greek island of Samos partially collapsed as a result.
The members of the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox church collected a total of $1480 and the Board of Directors added to this collection and sent a total of $1800 to help the church rebuild.
Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church donated $500 to support the Soup for the Soul program in December 2020.
If you are interested in supporting or volunteering for
Soup for the Soul, please visit
www.standrewsbrantford.com/soup-for-the-soul
The Brantford Food Bank offers Emergency Food Bank Service to individuals and families in Brantford, Brant County and Six Nations. This includes low-income families, children, the elderly, abuse survivors and the homeless. Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church collected and donated 150 pounds of food in December 2020.
If you are interested in supporting the
Brantford Food Bank, please visit
http://crs-help.ca/foodbank/contact-us/
The Ladies Auxiliary donated $1200 to provide Christmas dinner to 180 people in need. Fourteen members of our community, aged 9-80, served Christmas dinner to the guests of St. Andrew’s Soup for the Soul Program on December 23rd, 2019 at 95 Darling St, Brantford Ontario.
If you are interested in supporting or volunteering for the Soup for the Soul, please visit
www.standrewsbrantford.com/soup-for-the-soul
The members of the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox church collected a total of $885 for Michael Pirovolakis. The Board of Directors added to this collection and donated $1200 to the cause.
If you would like to donate directly to Michael Pirovolakis, please visit www.curespg50.org
The Ladies Auxiliary coffee proceeds are being used to purchase a new multi-light vigil lamp (kandili) for our church altar in early 2020.
The Ladies Auxiliary coffee proceeds were used to purchase 12 new icons for the church altar in October of 2017.