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Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC; french: Église orthodoxe ukrainienne du Canada) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Canada, primarily consisting of Orthodox Ukrainian Canadians. Its former name (before 1990) was the Ukrainian Greek ...
, an autonomous part of the
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, 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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of
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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)


See also

*
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC; french: Église orthodoxe ukrainienne du Canada) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Canada, primarily consisting of Orthodox Ukrainian Canadians. Its former name (before 1990) was the Ukrainian Greek ...
* Metropolitan Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Winnipeg


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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