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[[Image:ABJ.gif|right|thumb]]His Eminence [[Metropolitan]] '''John (Stinka) of Winnipeg''' is the Metropolitan of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]. He was enthroned on [[July 23]], 2006, in Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Winnipeg, with Metropolitan Sotirios (Exarch of Canada) presiding over the enthronment. He is the fifth metropolitan of the UOCC, and is the first of them born in Canada.
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[[Image:MetropolitanJOHN(stinka).jpg|right|thumb|Metropolitan JOHN (Stinka) of Winnipeg]]
==Early Life==
Throughout his pastorship, Fr. John was active in the Ukrainian Community and the Orthodox Community as a whole. He was awarded the [[nabedrenyk]] in 1977 and his [[skouphia|skufia]] in 1980.
[[Image:ABJ.gif|right|thumb|As Archbishop of Edmonton]]
==Episcopacy==
Following the repose of Metropolitan Wasyly in 2005, Abp. John became the acting [[primate]] and at the 21st Sobor in Winnipeg in 2006 was elected primate and metropolitan (and was approved by Constantinople on [[November 20]], 2005).
His Eminence was enthroned on Sunday, [[July 23]], 2006, at the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral. Co-presiding were Abp. Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Toronto, Abp. Antony (Sherba) of New York & Washington (UOC-USA), and Bp. Georgie of the Serbian Diocese. Metr. Sotirios of the Greek Metropolis of Toronto presided over the enthronment, at which he presented Metr. John with a [[panagia]] on behalf of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, a blue [[mantiya]], a metropolitan's staff, and a metropolitan's white [[klobuk]].
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