OUR CLERGY

The Very Reverend Protopresbyter Maxym Lysack was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba of Ukrainian parents and was raised in Ottawa.  He holds one undergraduate degree in Ukrainian and Russian, and a second in theology.  He also completed studies in the field of education.  Fr. Maxym was ordained to the priesthood in 1983.  He later earned a Th.M. at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA, specializing in Orthodox dogmatic theology and spirituality.  He occasionally teaches courses in these two areas at the university level.

In addition to his pastoral duties at Christ the Saviour, Fr. Maxym serves as Dean of the Canadian Deanery of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese and is Orthodox chaplain at the University of Ottawa.  He is frequently invited to speak at retreats and conferences.  Fr. Maxym speaks English, French, Ukrainian and Russian.  He is married to Matushka Yvonne, who brings a background in counselling, theology, writing, and music to her full-time work for the parish.  The couple’s two daughters are Anastasia and Yuliana.

The Rev. Deacon Michael Laliberté was born and raised in Quebec City.  He holds B.P.E. and B.Ed. degrees from the University of Ottawa and teaches at a Christian high school.  Ordained to the diaconate in 2004, he is married to Adriana, a business manager who also trained as a teacher and directs our parish’s Sunday School.  Together, Deacon Michael and Adriana have been involved in leading the junior and senior youth groups at Christ the Saviour.  

Deacon Michael speaks English and French fluently.  He and Adriana have four sons: Nicolas, Jonathan, Zacchaeus, and Elijah.