Enthronement of New Metropolitan of the UOCC

On November 22 in Winnipeg Ukrainian Canadians celebrated the enthronement of His Eminence Archbishop Yurij as Archbishop of Winnipeg and Central Eparchy, and Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC).

A Divine Liturgy attended by hundreds of worshippers with participants, including the Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Church, His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios who represented Patriarch Bartholomew, the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Canada, Archbishop Lawrence and dozens of bishops and clergy from Canada and the United States.

During his address, Metropolitan Yurij underscored his desire to bring the Ukrainian churches together as they once were.