Oldest Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Ontario celebrates 100th Anniversary



Parishioners gather in front of
Ontario's oldest
Ukrainian Catholic Parish

On Sunday August 20, the parisioners of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ celebrated the church's 100th anniversary. The celebration was led by his excellency Bishop Stephen Chmilar.

It is the oldest Ukrainian Catholic Parish in all of Ontario! The church building was completed in 1918 and blessed by Nyjyta Budka, the first Ukrainian Catholic Bishop of Canada. Since then it has hosted such dignitaries as the Patriarchs Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and Cardinal Jospeh Slipyj. 

The parish priest Reverend Volodymyr Chvets and representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Roman Catholic accompanied the Bishop in the mass.



Article in The Chronicle Journal
by Stefan Huzan

You can read more about this event in the attached article that ran in The Chronicle Journal.

Ukrainian Credit Union Branch Manager Oksana Harapyuk, a long-time parishioner at the Church of the Transfiguration, and her co-worker Danuta Sterniczuk, attended as  representatitves of our credit union. Oksana gave a short congratualtory speech and present a donation from the credit union to the parish in honour of this great occasion.

Oksana Harapyuk presents a donation to the parish
on behalf of Ukrainian Credit Union Limited

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