The Southern Alberta Mission Project was initially started in 2001 with the Ordination of Rev. Fr. Patrick Powalinsky, under St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Congregation in Calgary.  Initially it served Lethbridge, Red Deer, Oyen and Cranbrook BC (a new mission congregation started because of the program.  The mission was taken over by the Orthodox Church of America (OCA), when the Southern Alberta Mission Project was on hiatus.).

Currently, because of the program, Holy Trinity in Lethbridge and Holy Trinity Mission in Red Deer are growing at a remarkable rate (mainly attributed to the project).  Membership to date in Red Deer has more than doubled in the last year!  With the project, these congregations hope to grow to a point where they can support their own priests.

Please read our brocure on the project by clicking here!

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Congregation in Lethbridge, is a growing, multi-ethnic (with over 8 ethnicities represented) congregation, serving Lethbridge and surrounding area.  Divine Liturgies are usually held on the first and third Sundays of each month, and during the winter months, Great Vespers are usually held on the preceding Saturday night (see schedule).  On Sundays where there is no Divine Liturgy, there is usually a Readers Service of the Typica in the church.  The church is located at 643 - 13 Street North.

For more information and pictures on Holy Trinity in Lethbridge, go see the congregation page.

  Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Mission was organized in 1999, and since its inception, has been under the pastoral leadership of five priests in that time (Rt. Rev. Fr. Mykola Sawchenko, Rev. Fr. Patrick Powalinsky, Rev. Fr. Mykhaylo Pozdyk, Rev. Fr. Volodymyr Bilous, and Rev. Fr. Timothy Chrapko).  It is a small mission, but it growing steadily under its new priest, Fr. Timothy, and currently serves out of the Parkland Funeral Home in Red Deer on two Sundays a month.  Also, many members gather for a "Vespers and Education Night" once a month.

 
Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Congregation in Oyen Alberta, is a small congregation, which serves a predominately farming community just kilometers from the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.