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Date: 2020-11-25

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The first Ukrainian pioneers who settled in St. Catharines were Hnat Nazar in 1912, and Hryhoriy Horhota who came from Toronto in 1914.

However, Ukrainian settlement in the Niagara peninsula started quite late. Ukrainians were lured by the wheat fields of the prairies more than by the fruit orchards and industry until 1929. In St. Catharines and vicinity there were not more than a hundred Ukrainians, scattered over the whole area, and poorly organized. Thorold was more densely populated with Ukrainians. Construction of the Welland Canal with its high dykes between Thorold and St. Catharines, paper mills in Thorold and Merritton, and the automotive industry in the 1930 s attracted more Ukrainians to this area. About this time also, when our farmers from the Canadian prairies learned about Niagara fruit farming, and other ways of earning a living, some ventured East to re-settle in this region.

The second wave of Ukrainian settlers began after World War II. Political persecution compelled a greater number of immigrants to leave their native land and seek freedom and fortune in Canada. About the time of World War II, St. Catharines could pride itself with the Ukrainian National Federation, a Credit Union, a Ukrainian School, theatrical groups, and other organizations. Since 1937, Ukrainian church services were held irregularly in private homes, usually in the home of Paul Gulaj who owned a car and could bring priests for church services. Rev. Wolodymyr Shek from Buffalo, Rev. Hladkyj from Welland, Rev. Michael Zajac, and Basilian Fathers from Grimsby provided the religious services in St. Catharines.


church 4 circa 1948Further construction progressed very slowly because in the post-war years, building materials and finances were hard to come by. In August of 1947, Bishop of Canadian Ukrainians, Vasylij Ladyka, of Winnipeg, visited St. Catharines, and blessed the corner stone for the new church. Many post-war Ukrainian immigrants to Canada found their way to St. Catharines. They soon turned to their churches, to the established organizations, and enriched Ukrainian community life.

In 1948, the Holy See created four exarchs for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, and the Rev. Isidore Borecky from this parish became the first Bishop of Toronto. To take his place in St. Catharines, the new Bishop assigned Rev. Wasyl Filevych — a young Canadian-born priest. Father Filevych completed building the church, crowning its summit with the cross. On January 1, 1950, Bishop Borecky consecrated the completed church, enabling all services to be held there.

During the next ten years, under the pastoral care of Father Jaroslaw Chyz, the parish built the residence, installed permanent pews, and paid off the existing mortgage.

From October of 1962, V. Rev. Mykola Komar, now the fourth priest in this parish, was assigned to carry out pastoral duties here, and continued at that post for 37 years (!) until September of 1999. In the first few years, the stained glass windows were finished, the church yard was completed, and the mortgage on the parish school building was paid off. This building housed Ukrainian school classes, various Ukrainian organization meetings, youth activities; meetings of the Myrhorod Senior Citizen s Club, parish dinners, and other community activities. The next phase of growth was the iconography of the interior of the church done by Igor Suhacev. (See our site under the heading “Divine Liturgy”). The church has a full three-level iconostasis, new altars, four chandeliers — all through the generosity of the parishioners. Above the north side altar, is the copy of the miraculous icon of Borusiw.




On May 2, 1998, a ceremony was held to officially designate Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church as a historic site Under the Ontario Heritage Act, making it the fifth heritage church in St. Catharines.

As of September, 1999, the pastor has been Rev. Bohdan Choly. Rev. Bohdan and Presbytera Tanya have 6 wonderful children.