Holy Cross Orthodox Mission Parish celebrates the richness and fullness of the traditional Apostolic Faith all in English.
Welcome Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Glory Be To Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
We want to welcome you to the Holy Cross Mission Parish Website. We are a young, small mission parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. We are the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ – whose roots go back to Jerusalem and the Feast of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit, promised by Christ our God, was poured out upon the Apostles. Holy Orthodoxy is the Faith of the Apostles – the Faith of the New Testament. It has been preserved through the millenia without change of doctrine or theology. Holy Orthodoxy has sought, and continues to seek today, to pass on unimpaired the “faith once received” by the Apostles from Christ.
We currently are holding our worship services at St. Andrew’s College (29 Dysart Road, on the University of Manitoba Campus). As much as I hope you enjoy our website (we will be adding things as we go along), our parish would love the opportunity to welcome you to our worship services. The best way to experience Orthodoxy is to ‘Come and See’.
You may have read or heard that Holy Cross is an ‘all English’ mission parish and that is correct. All our services are celebrated in the English language, but we follow the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada traditions. We feel that these traditions are a beautiful expression of Orthodoxy, but we also feel that it is very important that people understand what Orthodoxy is about. Therefore we offer the faith in a language that is common and in an expression that is comfortable, friendly and open. You don’t have to be Ukrainian to be part of the Holy Cross Orthodox Mission Parish. You just have to have the desire to love God and want to worship Him in Truth and Love.
So dear friend, we invite anyone who is searching for a more meaningful worship experience to come and join us and experience the Faith of the Apostles, that has not changed for 2000 years and is preserved for all eternity.
