Mono, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 2026
Photo: basilica.ro
The first phase of establishing Mono Monastery, the only Romanian monastic settlement in Canada, was recently completed successfully. The monastery land has been paid off in full. Now an important new phase begins with the construction of the church.
“Just as the righteous Emperor Solomon once built the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, so we too, with our small effort but with whole hearts, strive to raise a house of prayer, to be an unceasing altar of sacrifice and a wellspring of grace for our people,” said Hieromonk Policarp Athenagoras, the monastery’s abbot, reports the Basilica News Agency.
To this end, the abbot calls on all lovers of Christ to each place their gift as a brick in the foundation of the holy edifice. A recommended minimum donation of $100 would help both the monastery with construction work and the donors, who will be commemorated perpetually at the Divine Liturgy.
You can donate online at the monastery’s website.
“For it’s not the walls that save, but the faith and sacrifice with which they’re raised,” emphasizes Fr. Policarp.
“There’s a great and real need to raise this church, and then the cell building with refectory, in order to host the agape meals and spiritual events throughout the year,” he said.
The outdoor summer altar, dedicated to Sts. Paisios and Cleopa of Sihăstria and St. Irodion of Lainici, was consecrated in September.
The holy establishment, placed under the protection of the Holy Cross and St. Martyr Ephraim the New, is located in the Canadian province of Ontario at 308328 Hockley Rd., Mono, Orangeville, Ontario L9W 6N4.
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