Thursday, August 19, 2021

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker


Black and white all around.


A monument marking the site of the first church.  The congregation was organized in 1900 and officially established 1909.


Several headstones had recently received a fresh coat of paint.


Many of the children's graves are situated by the aspen trees along the outer edge of the cemetery. 


The white headstones are brilliant against the autumn leaves.


A long shot of the grounds.


The addition to the back of the bell tower is a community hall (where I'll bet the highlight of most get-togethers was a meal of perogies and sausages).  
 

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is near MacNutt, Saskatchewan.

Photographed on October 10, 2020.

4 comments:

  1. Those crosses are certainly an impressive sight - I don't think I've seen that many in one place before.

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    1. It might be more of a western Canada thing - not so common here in Ontario.

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    2. An abundance of crosses is common where the descendants are of Middle-European descent (Ukrainian, Romanian, Polish, etc.).

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