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It has [[cathedral]]s in Currently the cities of [[Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral (Winnipeg, Manitioba)|Winnipeg]], [[Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)|Saskatoon]], [[Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Vancouver, British Columbia)|Vancouver]], [[St. John's Cathedral (Edmonton, Alberta)|Edmonton]], [[St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto, Ontario)|Toronto]], and [[St. Sophie's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Montreal, Quebec)|Montreal]]. The [[Metropolitan]] Cathedral, [[seminary]] ([[St. Andrew's College (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|St. AndrewChurch's College]]), and central administrative office are all based in Winnipeg. Its membership is about 1210,000, and the current [[primate]] of the church is Metropolitan [[John Yurij (StinkaKalistchuk) of WinnipegToronto|John Yurij (StinkaKalistchuk)]].
== History ==Most ethnic Ukrainians moving to Canada from Western Ukraine in As soon as the late 19th and early 20th centuries were [[Eastern Rite Catholic|Greek Catholic]]sChurch was created, and were tended early on by the local lay leaders knew that they had to find a [[Roman Catholicbishop]] [[hierarch]]yto guide the new Church. At the same time Thus, a smaller group of settlers arriving from Bukovina were mostly Orthodox. Initially served by the brotherhood approached [[Church Alexander (Nemolovsky) of RussiaBrussels|Russian missionArchbishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)]], by then established from the Russian Orthodox Mission in North America. Abp. Alexander was the northwest bishop of North America through Alaska, Winnipeg at the Orthodox settlers sought a native Ukrainian church, which they organized in time. He had agreed at first to become the summer temporary bishop of 1918 in the city of SaskatoonUGOCC, Saskatchewanbut later refused due to the fact that he claimed he did not want to lead a Ukrainian Church.
The UOCC had strong ties Abp. Alexander was to preside over the UGOCC's first [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox ChurchSobor]] after 1921(Church council; this is a clergy-laity conference, when that body was established in Ukraine. In 1951where the bishops, St. Mary the Protectress Cathedral (who was not in the UOCC at that time) had invited [[Ivan Ohienko|Metropolitan Ilarion (Ohienko)priest]] to Canada to become their church's bishop, while the Consistory of the UOCC had already invited and [[Archbishoplaity]] [[Michael (Khoroshyparticipate) of Toronto|Michael (Khoroshy)]] , but the Sobor still continued without a bishop, and was held on [[BishopDecember 28]] Platon , 1918 (who reposed shortly after arriving in Canada) which is interesting to come to Canada to be the Churchnote that it is still recorded as ''SOBOR I''s Metropolitan and Bishop respectivly). Once The Sobor led to the Consistory had found out establishment of Metropolitan Ilarionthe Church's coming to Canada, they sought him out, and invited him to become Metropolitan of the UOCC. He accepted only if St. Mary the Protectress was to be accepted back into the UOCCfirst theological [[seminary]] in Saskatoon. The Consistory agreed, and the Central and Eastern Sobor II took place on [[DiocesesNovember 27]] were created , 1919, with Archbishop Michael heading the Eastern Diocese with its headquarters in presence of an Antiochian Metropolitan, [[TorontoGermanos (Shehadi) of Zahle]], and Metropolitan Ilarion heading the Central Diocese in Winnipeg as Metropolitan.
In 1990, ==Formation of the Metropolitanate==The UOCC had strong ties to the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church ]] after 1921, when that body was established in Ukraine. In 1951, St. Mary the Protectress Cathedral (which was not in the UOCC at that time) had invited [[Ilarion (Ohienko) of Winnipeg|Metropolitan Ilarion (Ohienko)]] to Canada became a to become their church's bishop, while the Consistory of the UOCC had already invited [[canonicalArchbishop]] church by being accepted into the [[Church Michael (Khoroshy) of ConstantinopleToronto|Michael (Khoroshy)]]and [[Bishop]] Platon (who reposed shortly after arriving in Canada) to come to Canada to be the Church's Metropolitan and Bishop respectively. Once the Consistory had learned of Metropolitan Ilarion's coming to Canada, they sought him out, and invited him to become Metropolitan of the UOCC. He accepted only if St. Mary the Protectress was to be accepted back into the UOCC. A few years later The Consistory agreed, and the Central and Eastern Dioceses were created with Abp. Michael heading the Eastern Diocese with its sister churchheadquarters in Toronto, and Metr. Ilarion heading the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church Central Diocese in the USA]] joined herWinnipeg as Metropolitan.
CurrentlyOn [[January 10]], 2005, at the UOCC has just two bishops; this number is fewer than preferredage of 95, as three bishops makes a council [[Wasyly (Fedak) of bishopsWinnipeg|Metropolitan Wasyly (Fedak)]] reposed, and three days after the Church had celebrated the UOCC prefers to have four bishops to help them better look after their flockNativity. To help resolve this situation, His Beatitude has served in the Twenty-first Sobor chose Very Revcapacity of Metropolitan and Primate for nearly twenty years. Fr. Michael Skumeda as bishop-elect The funeral services took place on [[January 21]] and [[January 22|22]] at Holy Trinity Cathedral, and an Extraordinary Sobor will be held in July 2007 many Orthodox Christians of many nationalities paid their last respects to elect at least one bishopthe former Metropolitan. In July 2006 Eight hierarchs gathered for the funeral including His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago, Metropolitan John will be enthroned as Archbishop who represented [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Patriarch Bartholomew I of Winnipeg and the Central DioceseConstantinople]].
==Bishops==In Ukrainian On [[July 23]], 2006, Metropolitan John was enthroned in Holy Trinity Cathedral by His Eminence Metropolitan [[Sotirios (SlavicAthanassoulas) Traditionof Toronto|Sotirios of Toronto]], the metropolitan is Exarch of Canada of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Also present were their Eminences Archbishops Yurij of Toronto and Antony of New York of the UOCUSA and His Grace Bishop Georgije of Hamilton of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Also present was the primate [[Chancellor]] of the churchOrthodox Church in America's Canadian Archdiocese, the Metropolitan and then followed by Metropolitan-Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Canada (Lawrence and Michael, respectively), and representatives of the archbishops Roman Catholic, Anglican, and bishopsUnited Churches of Canada.
In the UOCCDuring a Church Council in August 2008, members came from all across the metropolitan is styled the ''Archbishop of Winnipegcountry came together to elect two new bishops, vote on a change of the Central Diocesebylaws, and All-Canada'', while celebrate the 90th anniversary of the next two bishops are styled ''Church. Bishop [[Hilarion (Rudnyk) of Edmonton|Ilarion (ArchRudnyk)]], [[vicar]] bishop in Portugal (under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate), was elected to the Edmontoncathedra, and the Western Diocese'' and the ''Bishop [[Andriy (ArchPeshko)bishop of TorontoKrateia|Andrij (Peshko)]], and of the Eastern Diocese''. When Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Church has 4 BishopsUnited Kingdom, was elected to be the 4th is always styled the ''Bishop of Saskatoon, and Vicar auxiliary of the Central Diocese''Eparchy [http://www.uocc.ca/pdf/sobor/Sobor%20Communique%20Day%2023-08-08.pdf] . Usually With the church only has four election of these two young bishops, but if there is the UOCC again restored its Local Synod and a need full slate of bishops for more, then the titles available are ''Church. The Council was also attended by Bishop [[Christophoros (Rakintzakis) of MontrealAndida]] ([[auxiliary bishop]] of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto), who represented the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and Vicar by Archbishop Antony of the Eastern Diocese'', New York and ''Bishop Daniel of VancouverChicago, and both of the Vicar Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Western Diocese''USA.
List In October of bishopsthat year, past and present, who served in his Grace Ilarion's election was ratified by the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada:*Abp. [[Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev|Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]] (later Archbishop, Constantinople and Metropolitan of UOC of USA, and in 1990-93, Patriarch of Ukraine he was enthroned in the UAOC), deceased*MetrSt. [[Ilarion (Ohienko) of Winnipeg]] (first metropolitan in John the UOCC) (1950-1972 as metropolitan), deceased*Metr. [[Michael (Khoroshy) of Toronto]] (1950-1977), metropolitan from 1972 to 1975 (at the XV Sobor Baptist's Cathedral in 1975Edmonton, Metropolitan Michael resigned as MetropolitanAlberta, as he wished to remain in the Eastern Diosese)on Sunday, deceased*Metr. [[Andrew (Metiuk) of WinnipegOctober 26]] (d. 1985), metropolitan from 1975 to 1985 (first Bishop of Edmonton), deceased*Abp. 2008 by his Eminence Metropolitan John [[Boris (Yakovkevych) of Edmonton]] (first Bishop of Saskatoon), deceased*Abphttp://www. [[Nicholas (Debryn) of Toronto]], deceased*Metruocc. [[Wasyly (Fedak) of Winnipeg]] (1978ca/en-2005), metropolitan from 1985 to 2005, deceased*Metrca/photos/viewgalleryitem. [[John (Stinka) of Winnipegasp?gn=207]] (1983-present), metropolitan from 2005 to present*Abp. [[Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Toronto]] (1989-present)
==See Also==*On [[Ukrainian Orthodox July 18]], 2010 a sobor of the UOCC nominated Archbishop Yurij of Toronto to be the sixth Metropolitan of Winnipeg and Canada due to the ongoing health issues of Metropolitan John. In August the Holy Synod of the Church in of Constantinople elected Archbishop Yurij to the USAvacant Winnipeg cathedra, following which he was [[enthronement|enthroned]]on [[November 21]], 2010 by a representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|
type=Archdiocese|
founded=1918|
bishop=[[Metropolitan ]] [[John Yurij (StinkaKalistchuk) of Winnipeg]], Archbishop Toronto|Yurij (Kalistchuk)of Winnipeg]]|
see=Winnipeg, Toronto, Edmonton|
hq=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada|
territory=Canada|
language=Ukrainian, [[Church Slavonic]], English, French|music=[[Ukrainian Kievan Chant]], [[Galician Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=About 1210,000|website=[http://www.uocc.ca/|Ukrainian Orthodox Church of CanadaUOCC]
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The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC)''' is a [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in Canada. The UOCC is based in Winnipeg, primarily serving Manitoba, and has the metropolitan Cathedral ([[Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral (Winnipeg, Manitioba)]]) , [[seminary]] ([[St. Andrew's College (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|St. Andrew's College]]), and central administrative office based in that city. Also the Church has [[cathedral]]s in the cities of [[Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)|Saskatoon]], [[Holy Trinity Ukrainian CanadiansOrthodox Cathedral (Vancouver, British Columbia)|Vancouver]], [[St. John's Cathedral (Edmonton, Alberta)|Edmonton]], [[St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto, Ontario)|Toronto]], and [[St. Sophie's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Montreal, Quebec)|Montreal]].
==Origin==
Most of the ethnic Ukrainians moving to Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were from Western Ukraine (predominantly from two provinces: Halychyna (aka Galicia) & Bukovyna). The settlers from Halychyna were predominately [[Eastern Rite Catholic|Greek Catholic]]s, and were tended early on by the local [[Roman Catholic]] [[hierarch]]y due to the fact that the Vatican wanted to assimilate the Greek Catholics into the mainstream. As the Halychany were coming to Canada, a smaller group of settlers were arriving from Bukovyna who were predominately Orthodox. These Orthodox were initially served by the [[Orthodox Church in America|Russian Orthodox Mission]] (who were part of the [[Church of Russia]]). The Russian Orthodox Mission was by then established in the northwest of North America through Alaska, and it served all the needs of the Orthodox in that area. It is also noteworthy that many native Ukrainian priests served in the Mission.
Both groups of Ukrainians desired to have a church that was truly "Ukrainian Orthodox," and a church that met their spiritual and cultural needs. This led to the creation of the ''Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada (UGOCC)'' in July 1918, in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This convention established not only the church, but a brotherhood to protect the church. The brotherhood (which had former Greek Catholics) condemned the [[Union of Brest-Litovsk]], which had created the Greek Catholics in Ukraine.
==The UOCC today==In July 20051990, at the Twenty-first Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada became a [[Soborcanonical]] of church by being accepted into the UOCC, [[MetropolitanChurch of Constantinople]] (then [[Archbishop]]) John (Stinka) was elected Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of All Canada.. In late 2005A few years later its sister church, Archbishop John finally replaced Metropolitan the [[Wasyly (Fedak) Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Winnipeg|Wasyly (Fedak)]] after the former's acceptance by the [[holy synodUSA]] of bishops. Metropolitan Wasyly, who died in January 2005, had served as metropolitan for nearly 20 yearsjoined her.
In July 2005, at the 21st [[Image:HTUOC.jpg|right|thumb|Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral, WinnipegSobor]]of the UOCC, [[Image:MetropolitanJOHNArchbishop]] John (stinkaStinka)was elected ''Archbishop of Winnipeg and [[Metropolitan]] of Canada''.jpg|right|thumb| In late 2005 the Holy Synod of the Constantinopolitan Orthodox Church elected Archbishop John as the official successor to Metropolitan JOHN [[Wasyly (StinkaFedak) of Winnipeg|Wasyly (Fedak)]]of blessed memory. His Eminence thus became the first Canadian-born leader of the Church in her 87-year history.
==Hierarchy and structure==According to the custom of the Orthodox Church in the Ukraine the [[primate]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) has the rank of [[metropolitan]], with his brother hierarchs holding the rank of [[bishop]] or [[archbishop]] depending on their years of service in the Church. In the UOCC the primate is styled the ''Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of Canada'' and serves as the ruling hierarch of the Eparchy of Central Canada, whilst his brother hierarchs with care of the Eparchies of Eastern and Western Canada are styled ''Bishop of Edmonton and Western Canada'' (or ''Archbishop of Edmonton and Western Canada'') and ''Bishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada'' (or ''Archbishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada'') respectively. Auxiliary bishops of the Eparchy of Central Canada are titled ''Bishop of Saskatoon,'' whilst auxiliary bishops of the Eastern and Western Canadian Eparchies are titled ''Bishop of Montreal'' and ''Bishop of Vancouver'' respectively. The Eparchy of Western Canada is comprised of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. The Eparchy of Central Canada consists of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba together with Nunavut Territory. The Eparchy of Eastern Canada is comprised of the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. ==Past Hierarchs of the UOCC==A list of hierarchs who have served in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada in the past:*Metropolitan Germanos (Shehadi) - (1919-1924)*Archbishop [[John (Theodorovich) of Philadelphia]] - (1924-1946)*Archbishop [[Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev|Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]] - (1947-1950)*Metropolitan [[Ilarion (Ohienko) of Winnipeg]] - (1951-1972)*Metropolitan [[Michael (Khoroshy) of Toronto]] - (1951-1977)*Metropolitan [[Andrew (Metiuk) of Winnipeg]] - (1959-1985)*Archbishop [[Boris (Yakovkevych) of Edmonton]] - (1963-1984)*Archbishop [[Nicholas (Debryn) of Toronto]] - (1975-1983)*Metropolitan [[Wasyly (Fedak) of Winnipeg]] (1978-2005) ===Primates===Primates of the UOCC:*Metropolitan Ilarion (Ohienko) - (1951-1972)*Metropolitan Michael (Khoroshy) - (1972-1975)*Metropolitan Andrew (Metiuk) - (1975-1985)*Metropolitan Wasyly (Fedak) - (1985-2005)*Metropolitan John (Stinka) - (2005-2010)*Metropolitan Yurij (Kalistchuk) - (2010-present) ==Current Hierarchs==Listed here are the current hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada:*Metropolitan [[Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Toronto|Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Winnipeg and Canada]] (Central Canadian Eparchy) - (2010-present)*Bishop [[Hilarion (Rudnyk) of Edmonton|Hilarion (Rudnyk)]] (Western Canadian Eparchy) - (2008-present)*Bishop [[Andriy (Peshko) of Krateia|Andriy (Peshko) of Saskatoon, Auxiliary]] (Central Canadian Eparchy) - (2008-present) ==See also==*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA|Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA]] == External links ==
* [http://www.uocc.ca/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]
* [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/oleh_krawchenko_yesterday.htm History of UOCC: "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"] by Rt. Rev. Dr. Oleh Krawchenko from the Orthodox Research Institute
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