Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) is an Eastern Orthodox Church in Canada, primarily serving Ukrainian Canadians.

Related Topics:
Eastern Orthodox Church - Canada - Ukrainian Canadian

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Most of ethnic Ukrainians moving to Canada from Galicia (Western Ukraine) in the late 19th - early 20th centuries were Greek Catholics and were tended early on by the local Roman Catholic hierarchy. At the same time, a smaller group of settlers arriving from Bukovina were mostly Orthodox. Initially served by the Russian mission, by then established in northwest of Americas through Alaska, the Orthodox settlers sought for Ukrainian church which they organized in the summer of 1918 the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Related Topics:
Ukrainians - Canada - Galicia - Ukraine - 19th - 20th - Greek Catholic - Roman Catholic - Bukovina - Russian mission - Americas - Alaska - 1918 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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It has cathedrals in the cities of Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Vancouver, Edmonton (St. John's Cathedral, Edmonton), Toronto, and Montreal. Its membership is about twelve thousand.

Related Topics:
Cathedral - Winnipeg - Vancouver - Edmonton - St. John's Cathedral, Edmonton - Toronto - Montreal

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The Metropolitan Cathedral, seminary (St. Andrew's College), and central administrative office are all based in Winnipeg.

Related Topics:
Metropolitan - St. Andrew's College

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The UOCC had strong ties to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church after 1921, when that body was established in Ukraine. In 1990, it became a canonical church by being accepted into the Patriarchy of Constantinople.

Related Topics:
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Canonical - Patriarchy of Constantinople

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Archbishop John was elected Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of All Canada at UOCC's 21st Sobor in July 2005, in Winnipeg. He replaced Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, who died in January 2005, after serving in the position for nearly twenty years.

Related Topics:
Sobor - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak

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