Reviews of Christ The Saviour Orthodox Church in Ottawa

Wish I could give zero stars. Pastor is very theologically knowledgeable and sermons are very approachale yet he is extremely unapproachable for newcomers sitting in his cloud. It may be understandable as there tends too be alot of riff-raff that joins from Somerset with criminal records who like to tell you about how bad they feel about torturing so and so, so be careful who you get friendly with. The worst thing however are the very stringent seating requirements carefully supervised by a Bulgarian with very watchful eyes - he shows you exactly where he wants you to sit and then keeps an eye on you the whole service making sure you don't even think about moving. Even though this was during the pandemic and was extremely uncomfortable I was told by the Babushka that she had numerous complaints about this person, she evidently didn't think enough about addressing them and let me be harassed while she went to her choir practice duties. Since then been happily going to another church with much more responsive leaders; never setting foot in this church again even when it is through with renovations.