Lawrence R FarleyFather Lawrence Farley was born in Toronto and was converted to Christ in the early 1970s. He was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church in 1979 and was received into the Orthodox Church in 1985. He attended St. Tikhon's Seminary for two years and as ordained to the Orthodox priesthood in 1986, returning to Canada to found an Orthodox mission in British Columbia in 1987. At the end of 2024 Fr. Lawrence retired as the founder and rector of the parish. He continues to write and lives in Surrey, B.C., with his wife, Donna. They have two children and six grandchildren. Read More Read Less