Recognition and Awards

Design Characteristics

Suburb:

Rossmere-A

Wood frame with red brick veneer
A Kievan-style church executed in the Ukrainian Baroque style, particularly evident in the domes
Parish founded in 1924
10 lots purchased for site, in 1925 for $2,600 (on Sinclair between Burrows and Magnus Avenue)
Services were held in the basement of the building between 1925 and 1951
Interior iconography by Sviatoslav Hordynsky
Constructed with a significant amount of volunteer labour

Basil Rotoff. Monuments to Faith: Ukrainian Churches in Manitoba. (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1990), 47.
"Celebrates Anniversary". Winnipeg Free Press, October 19, 1985.
Cheryl Girard. "The Icons of St. Mary the Protectress". Winnipeg Free Press, February 12, 2011.
Churches of Manitoba. Winnipeg Tribune, April 29, 1978.
John W. Graham. Guide to the Architecture of Greater Winnipeg. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1960.
"Metropolitan Blesses First Bells for Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral". Winnipeg Free Press, June 3, 1950.
"Ukrainian Cathedral Marks 40th Birthday". Winnipeg Tribune, October 19, 1965.
Ukrainian Churches of Manitoba: a building inventory. Winnipeg: Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources, 1987. 339.
"Ukrainian Orthodox Church Marks 50th Anniversary". Winnipeg Free Press, December 9, 1968.
M. H. Maruanchuk. The Ukrainians: A History. Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, 1970. 530.

Address:	820 Burrows Avenue
Use:	Place of worship
Original Use:	Place of worship
Constructed:	1925
Other Work:	June 27 1925, Construction begins Fall 1950, Construction completed
Architects:	Stephan Muensch