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*1985: The parish of St Nicholas, Langley, British Columbia, appealed to the monastery for help and for a priest, and so became the second English-language Orthodox parish in Western Canada.
*Because of the unavailability of locally obtainable pure beeswax candles, Fr Varlaam built a small candle factory to produce hand-dipped, pure beeswax candles in the parishes and the monastery.
*1988: Fr. Lazar joins the [[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] and is raised to the status of [[archimandrite ]] by Metropolitan Paisios of North and South America.
*1990: Archimandrite Lazar is received by the [[Holy Synod of Milan]]{{ref|2}} and is consecrated as Bishop of Vancouver.
*1991 Nov: After a search, the Monastery was able to acquire an illustrious property that the monastery rests on today. The property was named ''New Ostrog'', and the candle factory was dedicated to the protection of St Vasili of Ostrog.
