Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) is an Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, primarily serving Ukrainian Canadian
Ukrainian Canadian
A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. In 2006, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons residing in Canada of Ukrainian origin, making them Canada's ninth largest ethnic group; and giving Canada the world's third-largest...

s. Its former name was the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada (UGOCC). The Church is part of the wider Eastern Orthodox communion, however was created independently in 1913, and it is not a branch of any of the rival orthodox churches
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church may refer to:*Ukrainian Orthodox Church , established in 1990*Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, established in 1992*Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, established in 1921...

 currently operating in Ukraine, but instead has been under the leadership of Patriarchy of Constantinople since 1990.

It has cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

s in the cities of Winnipeg
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral is in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and is the primatial throne of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.-History:...

, Saskatoon, Vancouver
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Vancouver)
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral is a Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on East 10th Street just west of Main Street.- History :...

, Edmonton
St. John's Cathedral, Edmonton
St. John Cathedral, in Edmonton, is the throne of the Bishop of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. The current Bishop for the Cathedral is his Grace Bishop Ilarion .-Cultural Centre:St...

, Toronto
St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto)
St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral is a Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Bathurst Street just to the west of Kensington Market. The majority of the first Ukrainian immigrants to Canada were Eastern Catholic believers with only a small fraction...

, and Montreal.
 
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