SingCon 2026 Brampton

september 10–14, 2026

Saint Elias the Prophet Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church
10193 Heritage Road
Brampton, ON, L7A 0A1, Canada

https://www.saintelias.com/

Saint Elias Church, Brampton, Ontario—before and after the fire that destroyed the church in 2014. The original church was built and consecrated in 1995 by Bishop Isidore. The second church was consecrated in 2016 by Patriarch Sviatoslav.

Press releases and news about singcon 2026 brampton

From the official website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in English: https://ugcc.ua/en/data/singcon-2026-gathers-in-brampton-2454/

From the official website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukrainian: https://ugcc.ua/data/u-kanadi-ponad-130-uchasnykiv-obednala-konferentsiya-tserkovnogo-spivu-ugkts-singcon-2026-9355/

From the Archeparchy of Winnipeg: https://archeparchy.ca/2026/09/18/bringing-liturgical-music-home-winnipeg-representatives-attend-singcon-2026/

From the website of Bishop Erik Varden: https://coramfratribus.com/life-illumined/qui-cantat-bis-orat-2/

Schedule

This schedule includes all the events that were open to the public. Other activities not listed here were reserved for registered participants of SingCon 2026 Brampton. Links to video recordings of liturgical services and lectures are listed below.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

5:00 pm – Ninth Hour and Daily Vespers

Friday, September 11, 2026
Oktoechos: Tone 6; Menaion: Post-Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God; the Holy Priest-Martyr Autonomus (284-305)

7:45 am – Third Hour

8:00 am – Divine Liturgy

5:00 pm – Ninth Hour and Daily Vespers

Saturday, September 12, 2026
Leave-taking of the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God
Saturday before the Exaltation of the Cross

7:45 am – Third Hour

8:00 am – Divine Liturgy

10:00 am – Parastas

6:00 pm – Great Vespers

7:30 pm – Public Lecture: ‘He Who Sings Prays Twice’. How? by Bishop Erik Varden, followed by Fellowship

Sunday, September 13, 2026
Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross
Commemoration of the Dedication of the Holy Church of the Resurrection of Christ Our God (335); the Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life- Giving Cross; the Holy Priest-Martyr Cornelius the Centurion

8:00 am – Sunday Matins, followed by Hours

10:00 am – Hierarchical Divine Liturgy

7:00 pm – Vigil with the Rite of the Exaltation of the Cross

Monday, September 14, 2026
The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross

9:30 am – Greeting and Vesting of Bishop, Hours

10:00 am – Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with the Homily of Bishop Erik Varden OCSO of Trondheim

Group photo of SingCon 2026 Brampton after the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross on September 14

“If the Byzantine liturgy expounds the mystery by wonderful expansions, by paraphrases and poetic developments and repetitions, the Latin liturgy operates by way of reduction, distillation, concentration, in the manner of the chiseled precision of a Latin epigram. If the Byzantine liturgy is like champagne, the latter, the Western liturgy, is like a pretty peaty malt whiskey, and it goes without saying that you want to enjoy the two in different ways…”

– Bishop Erik Varden OCSO, Bishop-Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Trondheim, from his homily during the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy on September 14, 2026