Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church

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LocationWhitney Pier
CountryCanada
Languages
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church
46°09′28″N 60°10′51″W / 46.1579°N 60.1809°W / 46.1579; -60.1809
LocationWhitney Pier
CountryCanada
Languages
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
TraditionByzantine Rite
Websiteukrainianparishsydney.ca
History
Former nameNykyta Budka
StatusParish Church
Founded1912 (1912)
EventsBurned 1933
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Years built1913
CompletedNov 1913
Clergy
PriestFr. Roman Dusanowskyj Fr. Volodymyr Perun
TypeProvincially Registered Property
Designated1984
Reference no.00PNS0030

Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Whitney Pier, a neighbourhood of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1912, the parish serves the Ukrainian community in Cape Breton.[1] It is the only Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Canada east of Montreal. Holy Ghost is a parish in the Montreal-Ottawa deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada.[2] The church was designated a Nova Scotian heritage property in 1984.[3]

The façade of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church, taken in 1934.

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