Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Mission Parish (Lethbridge)
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Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Mission Parish (Lethbridge) is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada, a diocese of the Serbian National Church[1][2], and one of three Eastern Orthodox churches in Lethbridge, Alberta[3][4].
History[edit]
At the beginning of the 20th century before the world war and after, a group of Serbs came to the South of Alberta and settled in Lethbridge, a city with plenty of opportunities for employment in the mining,railway, and agriculture sectors.
After World War II, the new wave of Chetnik émigrés those who fought with "Mihailovich and his patriots" added greatly to the number of Serbs living in the area. Most of them worked on farms and in coal mines at the time. Bishop Sava (Vuković) met this group for the first time in the late 1960s. In 1970, he made an official canonical visit and served Holy Liturgy at the Provincial Park. At the same time, the Church School Congregation and Parish were established and the Church Board was elected. The Calgary parish priest Rev. Bogdan Zjalić was the first administrator of the Lethbridge mission parish. Later, the parish was served by Russian priest Vsevolod Račinski, then by several others, including Rev. Živorad Subotić.
Currently, the Serbian community in Lethbridge is predominantly made up of post Yugoslav wars immigrants. Therefore, there is a much greater representation of skilled tradesmen and professionals among the Serbians in Alberta than before. This too may account for the activity in heritage preservation within the Serbian community. A Serbian Cultural Society was formed, in 1992, within St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, for the purpose of keeping a record of Serbian past accomplishments in Alberta. That record currently includes: the archives from three Serbian organizations, two political and one religious; a large collection of photographs of the Serbian community, including photographs of the interior and exterior of its church; a complete archives of all documents relating to the church going back to the 1920s; a number of educational television programs produced by the Society; and a number of other documents.
Bibliography[edit]
- "History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1894-1941" by Sava Vuković, page 11 mentions the early Lethbridge parish
- "Diaspora Serbs: A Cultural Analysis", edited by Earle Waugh and Milan V. Dimić, M. V. Dimić Research Institute, University of Alberta, 2004, pages 150-151. Cites Rev. Bogdan Zjalić as first administrator.[5]
- "Outstanding Athletes Serve Canada Overseas", The Calgary Herald, Saturday, December 12, 1942, page 18, cited "Mihailovich and his patriots"[6]
See also[edit]
- St. Simon Mirotoćivi Serbian Orthodox Church (Calgary)
- Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Edmonton)
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.joinmychurch.org/churches/St-Sava-Serbian-Orthodox-Parish-Lethbridge-Alberta-Canada/334338
- ↑ http://www.istocnik.ca/en/Diocese
- ↑ https://orthodoxwiki.org/List_of_parishes_in_Alberta_(Canada)
- ↑ https://www.novine.ca/ms/www.novine.ca/vazni_linkovi/crkva_church/vt_1_crkve_kanada.html
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- ↑ name="auto1"
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