The Canadian Orthodox Church
Charitable organization · Rawdon, Quebec · BN 874045065RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($373,466) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Orthodox Church is a charitable organization based in Rawdon, Quebec, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $501K in revenue and $373K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 69% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $18K to ST Peter the Aleut Orthodox Christian Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
To maintain the Orthodox Christian faith as handed down by the apostles in Canada by providing the proper canonical order. The Bishop ordains the priests so that they may conduct worship services in various parishes. The charity ensures overall education administration and order of the parishes across Canada . The Bishop engages in Episcopal activities to various parishes such as conducting activities as ordination teaching spiritual direction. The charity maintains the operation of the Archdiocese of Canada for the Orthodox Church in America. It ensures the proclamation of the Orthodox fa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $501K | $373K | $262K | $0 | $51K | $971K |
| 2023 | $460K | $387K | $273K | $0 | $51K | $854K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $358K | $251K | — | $54K | $771K |
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $56K from 10 charities:
- Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Mission$20K
- Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of St.john the Divine$10K
- ST Mark the Evangelist Orthodox Church of Yorkton Inc$7,130
- Holy Transfiguration Monastic Fraternity$6,230
- Archdiocese of Canada Orthodox Church in America$4,463
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,500
- Holy Lady of Vladimir Inc.$2,000
- Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church in the Pembina Valley Inc.$1,838
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,056
- Paroisse Orthodoxe de la Sainte Trinité de Québec$1,052
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Rochon (archbishop); Anna Miller (secretary/director); Phillip Eriksson (chancellor/director); Rodney Luciuk (treasurer/director); Lorna Clark (director); Michael Fourik (director); Dr. John Hadjinicolaou (director); Vincent Lehr (director); Anatoliy Melnyk (director); Gregory Scratch (director); Geoffrey Ready (director); Alexandre Tomberg (director); Gregory Weibe (director); Jordan Kurt (director); Stelian Liabotis (director); Ivan Shandra (asst chancellor director); Lila Amarali (director); Angela Rook (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Orthodox Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874045065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.