Holy Eucharist Catholic Church

On Sunday, November 14, 2010 I visited the Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church of Toronto to attend the Holy Mass, which they call the “Great Matins” which starts at 8:30 a.m. The Holy Eucharist Church is located at 515 Broadview Avenue, in Toronto. I decided to visit this Catholic Church because after calling several churches to find out if I could visit to do my visitation report, this Church seemed to be more interesting because it was the only Eucharist Catholic Church nearby my grandparents’ house. This beautiful church sits atop the Don Valley and overlooks a beautiful park. Father Volodymyr Krivoglavyi, who is a Parish priest, leads the Mass. He is assisted by Father Josaphat Korchinski who is the assistant priest. The Deacons
In my interview with Father Krivoglavyi, I asked him about the significance of the Candelabra and he told me briefly about how God guided the Hebrews to the promise land and they symbolize the light of Christ. Father Krivoglavyi explained that, “These two candelabra remind us that we, too, have a promised land -- the kingdom of Heaven. Just as God guided the Jews to their promised land, so today He guides us to ours through the teachings of the Gospel and the grace of the sacraments.”
The sanctuary and the nave are separated by the Iconostasis. And this is symbolic to the temple veil in the Old Testament, which separated the Holy Holies from the remainder of the Temple. As I observed the Iconostasis I noticed that on the screen there are religious pictures of Christ, Mary and other saints. When I asked what the pictures meant and why they were they placed on the screen, Father Krivoglavyi said, “These pictures are here because all of them invite the faithful to
Seeing all these people attend the Holy Mass was quite astonishing. The Mass is made up of two parts, the Liturgy of the Word, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Word ended with the “homily,” after the Gospel had been proclaimed and the Liturgy of the Eucharis began with the “Creed,” which are also known as the Prayers of the Faithful. In my interview with Father Krivoglavyi I asked him why people go to Church to attend the Holy Mass. He told me that, “People come to the Church to attend the Holy Mass, because they celebrate the Eucharist. They celebrate the Eucharist because at the Last Supper our Saviour instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his body and blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the centuries until he should come again and in this way to entrust to his beloved Bride, the Church, a memorial of his death and