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ABOUT US

We are a parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, founded by spiritual descendants of the ancient see of Kyiv (Kiev), under the omophorion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (within whose territory ALL SEVEN  of the Ecumenical Councils of the ancient Church were held). 

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The Very Rev. Father Charles Baxter

  ​Education:

  • St. Sophia Seminary, located at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA’s headquarters in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. He graduated in 1994 with a Master of Divinity Degree.

  • State University of New York College at Oswego. He graduated in the spring of 1984 with a focus on writing, journalism, and publishing.

Ordination:

  • Ordained to the Holy Priesthood on June 26, 1994, by Archbishop Antony.

Background:

  • first pastoral assignment was at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Youngstown, Ohio, where he served from October 1994 until February 2007

  • transitioned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, receiving a Canonical Release from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.

  • assigned to the Vancouver Island District, serving Saint George in Victoria, BC,

  • joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a Chaplain, with the rank of Captain

  • served at the Canadian Forces Training Base in Wainwright and became the first Orthodox Priest to serve as a Chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces since World War II.

  • Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada at the 24th Sobor, Father Baxter moved to Winnipeg to fulfill his new responsibilities,

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Rev. Fr. Deacon Thomas Chaput 

Spouse: Dobrodiyka Nadia Krawchenko - Chaput

Names of Children:

  • Oksana

  • Tamera

Education:

  • Degrees in Fines Arts Studio and Fine Arts Art History, a Bachelor of Education in Senior Years Education, and two Masters Degrees in Education, one in Educational Administration and Governance and the other Sociology of Education. He is currently completing his Master of Education in Curriculum in Arts Education (University of Manitoba), and his Master of Divinity at the University of Toronto. 

Ordination:

  • Ordained to the Diaconate in 2008 by then +Metropolitan John

OUR 2023/2024 PARISH COUNCIL

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Len Matiowsky

Parish President

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Wayne Biegun

Facility Maintenance & Elder Brother Coordinator

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Khrystyna Los

Sunday School Director

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Olga Barth

Sister Coordinator

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Emil Kowal

Vice President / Fundraising

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Bob Talbot

Hall Administrator

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Dimitriana Kuzyk Bernier

Sunday School Assistant

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Jennifer Osachuk

Kitchen Crew Coordinator

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William Rodrigues

Secretary

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Jan Michalyshyn

Choir Director

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Deacon Thomas Chaput

Church Librarian

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Bonnie & Gary Persowich, Werner & Olga Saxler & Pat Valen

Kitchen Crew

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Bob Michalyshyn

Treasurer/Site Administrator

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Allan Pawluk

Cantor

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Brenda Rodrigues

Media Manager

OUR MEMBERS AT LARGE

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Lawrence Chubey, Olga Barth, Ted Kowal, Werner & Olga Saxler, Gary & Bonnie Persowich, Wayne Biegun, Dimitriana Kuzyk-Bernier, Pat Valen, Jennifer Osachuk, Oleg Kan

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OUR CHURCH CHOIR

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CHURCH BULLETINS

October 13

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October 6

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September 29

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All Bulletins

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Our History

OUR HISTORY

October 1, 2000:

Consecration of the domes.

A Church Domes Committee was established and co-chaired by Ben Shuvera and Lawrence Chubey. Plans were drawn, and an appeal for donations was undertaken. The Millennium Domes were constructed and installed in time to be blessed on October 1, 2000. Two hundred parishioners and guests gathered for a Canonical visitation and Divine Liturgy. The morning ended with Metropolitan Wasyly blessing the three domes assisted by attending Clergy. A short program followed the celebratory dinner enjoyed in the auditorium. 

October 5, 1964:

Completion of the construction of the Church

In 1963, under the chairmanship of Mr. William Perrick, the parish purchased property for the site of a new church which is now 1500 Day Street.

In the afternoon of April 5, 1964 the Late Metropolitan Ilarion, assisted by Right Rev. Bishop Boris and local clergy consecrated the land on which the new church was to be built. The same month construction of the new church had begun. On October 5 of the same year, construction was completed.

November 7, 1954:

The First Divine Liturgy

The Ukrainian Orthodox people of Transcona, Manitoba began organizing a parish in 1954. The first Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Very Rev. Fr. H. D. Hryeyna on November 7, 1954 at the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian National Home on Regent Avenue. Immediately following the Divine Liturgy, a meeting was called to elect a temporary parish executive. It was as follows: President: Mykola Stefaniuk, Secretary: Harry Maslanko, Treasurer: Michael Haletsky, Church Elder: Adam Kasianchuk, Church Sisters : A. Kralka & A. Uhryniuk.

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