All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Mississauga)

All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: , romanized: Srpski pravoslavni hram Sabora srpskih svetitelja) is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to all the Serbian saints.

The history of the church began on June 6, 1983 with the purchase of the property and nearby building (previously a school property) located in Applewood Heights. The building was soon renamed the Serbian Centre. The main design of the project was created by Belgrade-based architect Predrag Ristić. Since Ristić was not able to obtain a Canadian work permit, Toronto-based architect Milutin Michael Kopsa was awarded the contract to design the church on January 17, 1993. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 15, 1994. The foundation stone was blessed and laid by the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavle during his visit to Canada on June 14, 1994. Accompanying Patriarch Pavle, along with the host Bishop of Canada Georgije (Đokić), were: Bishop of Niš Irinej (Gavrilović), Bishop of Slavonia Lukijan (Pantelić), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac Nikanor (Bogunović), Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej (Motika), as well as clergy from other Orthodox jurisdictions. Prince Tomislav Karađorđević was also present at the blessing of the foundation stone. Two weeks after the blessing of the foundation stone, digging of the foundation for the future church began. The foundations of the new church were blessed by Bishop Georgije of Canada on November 26, 1995. Construction of the church was briefly halted but continued on August 15, 1999. The first Holy Liturgy in the church was served on September 10, 2000. Construction was completed on April 22, 2002. The church is built in the Byzantine style, traditional for Orthodox churches. It has three rows for choirs and a hand-made iconostasis. The main part of the church is a squared cross with only one cupola above the central part of the church. The church was consecrated on June 15, 2002 by the Bishop of Canada Georgije with the concurrence of Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana Jovan (Pavlović), Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije (Radović), Bishop of New Gračanica Longin (Krčo), Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej (Motika), Bishop of Central Europe Konstantin (Đokić), Bishop of Braničevo Ignatije (Midić), Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina Grigorije (Durić), Greek Metropolitan Sotirios (Athanassoulas), Ukrainian Bishop Yuriy (Kalistchuk) and OCA Bishop Seraphim (Storheim). Also present were head of the Karađorđević dynasty Crown Prince Alexander and his spouse Crown Princess Katherine, Mayor of Mississauga Hazel McCallion, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Canada Miodrag Perišić, Acting Consul General in Toronto Dragutin Knežević, MPP Carl DeFaria and Federal Secretary for Religious Affairs Bogoljub Šijaković. The godparents at the consecration of the church were Jovan and Dragana Vujasinović. On the tenth anniversary of the construction of the church, April 22, 2012, at the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy led by Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej, accompanied by Bishop of Canada Georgije, Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej, and three other Orthodox bishops in Canada, the frescoes in the church were consecrated. The frescoes were painted by three fresco painters from Belgrade under the direction of iconographer Dragomir "Dragan" Marunić. The second Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, Mitrofan (Kodić), was enthroned in this church on September 18, 2016. On July 31, 2022, the Serbian Canadian Monument, designed by Lilly Otasevic, honouring the first Serbia

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