Holy Transfiguration Antiochian Orthodox Church

About Holy Transfiguration Antiochian Orthodox Church

Holy Transfiguration Antiochian Orthodox Church is a Christian place of worship located on Horton Street East in the SoHo neighborhood of London. As a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, it serves a congregation of Orthodox faithful and visitors from around the world. The church provides a space for worship and welcomes those exploring Orthodoxy or beginning a spiritual journey toward the Orthodox Church. The parish offers various services, including Great Vespers on Saturdays, and Matins and Divine Liturgy on Sundays. Weekday services vary depending on the season. The church also maintains a presence through a YouTube channel and distributes the Mount Tabor Newsletter. The history of the church is rooted in London's first Orthodox Christian church, which was established around 1917. While that original parish became defunct by the mid-20th century due to the rise of ethnic parishes, the concept of a pan-Orthodox parish was revived in 1972 with the arrival of Professor Dimitri Pospielovsky at the University of Western Ontario. Professor William Bush, a convert from the Greek Church, served as a Faculty Advisor for the Orthodox Christian Fellowship alongside Pospielovsky. The current parish was formed following a petition to the Greek bishop from Toronto to establish a permanent English-language congregation. This initiative gained momentum in 1977 when Father Hilarion Yerakis, a monk from the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Meteora, played a decisive role in the emergence of the parish. The church describes itself as a continuation of a pan-Orthodox witness that transcends ethnicity.