Site du patrimoine municipal
Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Transfiguration
Strathclair, Manitoba

Photo: Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 2006
- Construction
- 1924
- Reconnaissance
- 1990
- Par
- Administrations locales (Man.)
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Description
The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Transfiguration, completed in 1924, is a wood-frame building in the Menzie area. The municipal designation applies to the church, its bell tower and cemetery, and the grounds they occupy.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Transfiguration is a fine example of a rural Ukrainian Orthodox church, typically modest in its form and detail, but distinguished by twin facade towers, shining banyas (domes) and complex lines gracing the entrance porch. The building's basic design recalls churches in the Boyko region of Western Ukraine, with emphasis given to the front by the addition of corner towers, an adaptation encouraged in Manitoba by Father Philip Ruh, a prominent church architect as well as a cleric. Built on donated land by a congregation that had been worshipping in nearby homes, the attractive structure, set within the quiet formality of its sheltered, well-kept roadside plot, is a dignified expression of the religious architectural traditions introduced to Manitoba by Ukrainian pioneers.
SourceRural Municipality of Strathclair By-law No. 22/90, October 10, 1990
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Transfiguration site include:
- its pastoral location northeast of Menzie and the building's east-west placement, removed from the grid road on a large tree-sheltered clearing containing a cemetery
- the separate well-crafted 1930 bell tower, of wood-frame construction, in three tiers with a banya matching those on the church
Key exterior elements that define the church as a fine interpretation of vernacular religious architecture from Western Ukraine include:
- the three-chambered, largely symmetrical massing, each volume squared with the gable-roofed nave the tallest and largest, all of wood-frame construction on a concrete foundation
- the symbolic three banyas, decorative and modest in size over the nave, all sheathed in silver-coloured metal, set on octagonal drums and topped by Orthodox crosses
- the complex, symmetrical facade featuring a steep gable end, squared corner towers and a lower entrance porch with attractive gable-hip rooflines and a prominent wooden sunburst motif over the double main doors
- the orderly fenestration composed of round-arched windows with transoms and wood surrounds and a six-pane oculus in the west gable end
- the unpretentious materials, finishes and features, including the horizontal white-painted wood siding, matching trim, wood shingles, chevron-like insets on the towers' banya drums, etc.
Key elements that define the church's carefully appointed interior include:
- the traditional plan incorporating a small narthex, a centre-aisle nave with a high barrel vault ceiling, a compact raised sanctuary and a west-end loft supported by two turned posts
- the wooden iconostas, painted white with gold trim and elegantly detailed
- the modest materials and finishes, including off-white wall panelling, light blue ceiling tiles set in a diagonal pattern, coloured and pebbled transom glass, wood-panelled porch doors, etc.
- details such as the stencilled dentil motif at the base of the ceiling, the arched porch and nave entranceways, the round-arched opening to the enclosed loft staircase, etc.
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Emplacement
50.54993° N, 100.45988° W
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À proximité
Les 4 lieux de Strathclair
Église catholique ukrainienne St. John the Baptist6,2 km · 1907
Église catholique romaine St. Peter et Paul9,9 km · Park (South) · 1917
Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church12 km · Rossburn · 1929
Tombe collective de pionniers ukrainiens14 km · Rossburn
Église orthodoxe ukrainienne Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul15 km · Park (South) · 1939
Église catholique ukrainienne St. Michael's15 km · Rossburn · 1904
Lieux semblables
Les lieux dont la description du répertoire se rapproche le plus de celle-ci.
Greek Catholic Church of TransfigurationSliding Hills RM 273, Saskatchewan
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox ChurchGrant RM 372, Saskatchewan
Holy Assumption St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchSliding Hills RM 273, Saskatchewan
Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Virgin MaryRedberry RM 435, Saskatchewan
Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionWinnipegosis, Manitoba
Église ukrainienne grecque orthodoxe Assumption of St. MaryRossburn, Manitoba
Tiré du Répertoire canadien des lieux patrimoniaux, dans sa dernière mise à jour du 12 décembre 2025. Le texte du répertoire est reproduit mot pour mot.