Marker Name: St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Agency: The Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba
Languages: English, Ukrainian
Location: 4145 Road 32 East
This is 4 km southwest of Gardenton and 250 meters south of Hwy 209
Marker Text: St. Michael's Orthodox Church, consecrated October 14, l899, was the first permanent Ukrainian Orthodox church erected in Canada. Until the parish joined the Greek Orthodox Church of Canada in l922, it was served by a Russian Orthodox Mission.
The church was built by immigrants from northern Bukovyna, now the western Ukraine, who settled in the Gardenton area after l896. Measuring 48' x 22' x 33', the structure exemplified Bukovynian pioneer craftsmanship in architecture, interior decoration and religious furnishing. St. Michael's served as a focal point of spiritual and cultural life in the first Ukrainian settlement in Manitoba and remains a symbol of the continuity of the Ukrainian identity in Canada.
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
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