St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church was built in 1981 during the presidency of the late Dr. Leonidas Polymenakos. Located on Warden, south of Ellesmere, it is ideally located in the heart of Scarborough, easily servicing area residents. Unfortunately, in January 1991, a fire completely destroyed the Church. The fire and destruction of the Church did however have very positive results. It showed the strength of our community as everyone rallied behind the Church and the Greek Community to have the Church rebuilt. Services were conducted in the Youth Centre gymnasium while the Church rebuilding continued until December of the same year. A group of ten Orthodox Russian iconographers were responsible for the iconography and the final result was a magnificent Church. Decorating and servicing our city, we are thankful to God for it is one of the most attended Greek Orthodox Churches in all of North America.
1385 Warden Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario, M1R 2S3
The Church has two main entrances, an elevator and a seating capacity of 450. During large feast days, the Church has been able to accommodate an additional 400 people. The multi-purpose room is available for community events.
The office hours are from 9am-5pm every Thursday.
On Sundays and Feast days, the Schedule of Services is as follows:
Orthros-Matins 08.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
The current Parish Priest of St. John’s is Fr. Philip Philippou.
He can be contacted at father.philippou@gmail.com
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