Первая Свято-Воскресенская Православная Церковь в Ванкувере

First Holy Resurrection Church in Vancouver

Освещение углового камня Свято-Воскресенского Греко-Русского
Православного Храма, 25 ноября 1928 г.

The Blessing of the cornerstone of the Holy Resurrection Greek-Russian
Orthodox Church on November 25, 1928

The original Holy Resurrection Church in Vancouver, B.C. was started on 25 November 1928 and dedicated on 3 August 1929 by His Eminence Metropolitan Platon. That church had to be demolished in order to build a new bridge, and the Russian Orthodox Society of Vancouver started work on a new church.

Эскиз Церкви, 1928 год. Прихожане у церкви, 1951

The Church Sketch, 1928.  Parishioners at the Church, 1951

In front of church house, 1950: S. N. Pashkovsky, matushka  Elizabeth, Mrs. Oksakovsky, O. G. Podstavina, choirleader A. I. Panteleyev

Церковь в 1954 году - The Church in 1954

Дом настоятеля. Rector's house.

CHAPEL IN ABBOTSFORD
In July 1934 the idea arose to build a chapel for the spiritual needs of the small group of Orthodox people in the Abbotsford area. A Brotherhood Society was created, including Konstantin, Faina and Peter Pichugin, Joseph, Alexandra and Nadezhda Okulitch, Andrei and Nadezhda Mitrofanov, Maria Kuznetsov, Sergei Laskavy, Victor Kuritsin. Konstantin Trofimovich Pichugin donated a plot, 40 by 30 feet, for free use. Fr. Alexander Kizyun dedicated the plot, laid the cornerstone and helped energetically in the construction. The Society members worked hard, and the Stt. Peter and Paul Chapel was dedicated on 30 December 1934. Icons and decorations were donated by the members.