Harvesting Heritage Seeds in Prairie Soil: The Role of Ukrainskyi Holos in the Formation of the Identity of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada (1)‪.‬

In Saskatoon, in July 1918 members of the Ukrainian settlement community met in order to address issues affecting the religious life of that community. The result of this meeting was the establishment of a uniquely Canadian Church: the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada. This paper looks at the editorial content of the Winnipeg newspaper Ukrainskyi holos in order to demonstrate how this event is rooted in the community's desire for the Ukrainian Catholic Church to function, as it had in Ukraine, as a defender of the interests of the people and a bulwark against discrimination and oppression. As it became evident to community leaders that the Roman Catholic Church was unable to fulfill this role, they began to envision the creation of a new entity: a Ukrainian Canadian Orthodox Church. However, the decision of the July 1918 meeting although greeted by the editors of Ukrainskyi holos does not seem to have been pre-planned. En juillet 1918, a Saskatoon, les membres de la nouvelle communaute ukrainienne se sont rencontres afin de traiter des questions concernant la vie religieuse de la communaute. Cette rencontre mena a la creation d'une eglise uniquement canadienne: l'Eglise ukrainienne grecque orthodoxe du Canada. L'article examine le contenu editorial du journal Ukrainskyi holos de Winnipeg afin de demontrer comment cet evenement reflete le desire d'assurer que l'eglise catholique ukrainienne fonctionne comme elle l'avait fait en Ukraine, c'est-a-dire a titre de defenseur des interets du peuple et de bouclier contre la discrimination et l'oppression. A mesure que les leaders de la communaute ont constate que l'Eglise catholique de Rome ne pouvait jouer ce role, ils ont concu une nouvelle entite: une eglise orthodoxe ukrainienne canadienne. Toutefois, ce resultat de la rencontre de juillet 1918, bien que salue par les editeurs de l'Ukrainskyi holos, ne semble pas avoir ete planifiee a l'avance.