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The Eastern Eparchy of the

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, an autonomous part of the

Church of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

, is currently vacant, with Metropolitan

Yurij (Kalistchuk) Metropolitan Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Winnipeg and Canada, born George Kalistchuk in Lachine, Quebec, on May 26, 1951, is the current primate of the autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Youth Although resident in Lachine, Quebec (just o ...

of Winnipeg serving as the diocese's

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. Prior to his election as primate of the UOCC in 2010 Metropolitan Yurij served as

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Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

and the Eastern Eparchy. The UOCC's Eastern Eparchy consists of the

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s of

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and

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, and consists of 27 parish cathedrals and churches.

Cathedrals

* St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto) * St. Sophie's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Montreal)

External links

Official Website of the Eastern Eparchy, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Toronto and Eastern Canada

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Cathedrals

See also

External links