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Jul

2011

The UGCC in Canada

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By Archpriest Robert Anderson Historical Overview The history of our Church in Canada began with the arrival of Wasyl Elyniak and Ivan Pylypiw in Montreal on September 7, 1891. They had both come from the village of Nebyliv in the district of Kalush. They left Montreal and traveled by train to Winnipeg, Manitoba, a journey of approximately 2300 km.They fortunately were able to find work in Gretna , Manitoba. Western Canada had a lot of land, but needed people to settle there. Elyniak and Pylypiw made arrangements for their families to join them and then went west to Alberta (approximately…

Jul

2011

By Fr. Michael Winn

On True Friendship

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Here a few saying from Scripture and the Father of the Church on true friendship... Do not allow yourself to violate the Divine commandment for the sake of human friendship.St. Anthony the Great Do not make acquaintances with a wicked man: friendship with the wicked is friendship with the devil.St. Anthony the Great A forward man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends. (Proverbs 16:2.8) "A faithful friend is beyond price" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15), since he regards his friend's misfortunes as his own and suffers with him sharing his trials until death. A true friend is one who in times…