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[[Image:'s (Toronto)StVolodymyr.JPGjpg|right|thumb|250px|St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto]]'''St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral''' is a [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada|Ukrainian Orthodox]] [[cathedral]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Bathurst Street just to the east of Kensington Market.
The majority of the first Ukrainian immigrants to Canada were [[Eastern Byzantine Rite Catholic|Eastern Rite]] believers, with only a small fraction belonging to the Eastern Orthodox faith. This changed with later waves of immigration that saw more people coming from the Orthodox east. The first Ukrainian Orthodox mass [[Divine Liturgy]] in Toronto was celebrated in 1926.{{ref|1}} For several years the church members met in rented halls and in churches of other denominations. The land on Bathurst was purchased in 1935, work on the church building began in 1946, and it was completed two years later. St. Volodymyr's became a cathedral in 1951 with the coming of its first [[bishop]].
St. Volodymyr's architecture is in the standard Byzantine style used throughout [[Ukraine]].
*His Beatitude, Metropolitan [[Michael (Khoroshy) of Toronto|Michael]], served 1951-1977;
*His Eminence, Archbishop [[Nicholas (Debryn) of Toronto|Mykola]] (Nicholas), 1977-1981;
*His Beatitude, Metropolitan [[Wasyly (Fedak) of Winnipeg|Wasyly]], 1981-2005 1985 (actually resided in Winnipeg due to the ailing health of His Beatitude Metropolitan Andrew);*His Eminence, Archbishop [[Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Toronto|Yurij]], current bishop(1995-present). (Abp. Yurij lives and serves Toronto and the East but remains bishop of Saskatoon in name due to the Greek Metropolis (also united with Constantinople) having their headquarters in Toronto. The issue has yet to be fixed.).
==Source==
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/oleh_krawchenko_yesterday.htm A History of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada, with the dates of the above bishops]
[[Category:Churches|Volodymyr's]][[Category: Churches in Canada|Volodymyr's]]
