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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Higher education</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:14, 20 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l39">Line 39:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 39:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1930-1934, he studied at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Sergius_Orthodox_Theological_Institute Saint Sergius Theological Institute] in [https://www.britannica.com/place/Paris Paris], [https://www.britannica.com/place/France France].   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1930-1934, he studied at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Sergius_Orthodox_Theological_Institute Saint Sergius Theological Institute] in [https://www.britannica.com/place/Paris Paris], [https://www.britannica.com/place/France France].   </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; 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font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He wrote a thesis entitled “The Doctrine of the Church according to the Narratives of the Evangelists [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Apostle_Matthew Matthew] and [https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/1999/09/26/102731-repose-of-the-holy-apostle-and-evangelist-john-the-theologian John]”.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He wrote a thesis entitled “The Doctrine of the Church according to the Narratives of the Evangelists [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Apostle_Matthew Matthew] and [https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/1999/09/26/102731-repose-of-the-holy-apostle-and-evangelist-john-the-theologian John]”.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Transfer to Canada, 1948 ; service in Montréal ; founding communities</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:16, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l137">Line 137:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 137:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawdon,_Quebec Rawdon, Québec] is of special significance in the life of the Boldireff family, and also in the lives of very many other people of both Russian-speaking and French-speaking backgrounds.  Rawdon is situated north of Montréal, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_Mountains Laurentian Mountains], a distance of about an hour’s drive.  The first Russian immigrants to go there fishing were Boris Orlov and his wife Iuliana, in 1926.  Even though before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I World War I], the village was mainly a place of temporary summer residences, it was with the second wave of immigrants in the 1950s that the Russian-speakers settled there in greater numbers.  Many other immigrants also settled there (people from [https://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary Hungary], [https://www.britannica.com/place/Poland Poland] and other countries).  Retirees who initially had had their dachas (small chalets) in Rawdon began to winterise them and to move to Rawdon permanently.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawdon,_Quebec Rawdon, Québec] is of special significance in the life of the Boldireff family, and also in the lives of very many other people of both Russian-speaking and French-speaking backgrounds.  Rawdon is situated north of Montréal, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_Mountains Laurentian Mountains], a distance of about an hour’s drive.  The first Russian immigrants to go there <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </ins>fishing were Boris Orlov and his wife Iuliana, in 1926.  Even though before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I World War I], the village was mainly a place of temporary summer residences, it was with the second wave of immigrants in the 1950s that the Russian-speakers settled there in greater numbers.  Many other immigrants also settled there (people from [https://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary Hungary], [https://www.britannica.com/place/Poland Poland] and other countries).  Retirees who initially had had their dachas (small chalets) in Rawdon began to winterise them and to move to Rawdon permanently.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presence of Orthodoxy in Rawdon is marked by the existence of 3 chapels, a hermitage and a cemetery.  The founder of the Orthodox Christian community of [https://www.archdiocese.ca/community/st-seraphim-sarov-church-rawdon-qc community of Saint Seraphim of Sarov] (1956) in Rawdon was the Archpriest Oleg Boldireff, as previously noted.  After spending a few summers with his family in Rawdon, Father Oleg decided to buy a small property there, and to build a house.  With the help of some parishioners, and especially the architect Mr. Levtchuk, he erected a small chapel in the family’s garden for the use of his family and for the local community.  At the end of the summer of 1955, this small chapel was dedicated to [https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/01/02/100008-repose-of-venerable-seraphim-wonderworker-of-sarov Saint Seraphim of Sarov].   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presence of Orthodoxy in Rawdon is marked by the existence of 3 chapels, a hermitage and a cemetery.  The founder of the Orthodox Christian community of [https://www.archdiocese.ca/community/st-seraphim-sarov-church-rawdon-qc community of Saint Seraphim of Sarov] (1956) in Rawdon was the Archpriest Oleg Boldireff, as previously noted.  After spending a few summers with his family in Rawdon, Father Oleg decided to buy a small property there, and to build a house.  With the help of some parishioners, and especially the architect Mr. Levtchuk, he erected a small chapel in the family’s garden for the use of his family and for the local community.  At the end of the summer of 1955, this small chapel was dedicated to [https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/01/02/100008-repose-of-venerable-seraphim-wonderworker-of-sarov Saint Seraphim of Sarov].   </div></td></tr> </table>

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