St. Nicholas in Narol, is an Orthodox Church, part of the Archdiocese of Canada (Est. 1916) and Orthodox Church in America, whose is roots in North America date back to the established Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska in 1794, and was granted Autocephaly (self governance) in 1970.
We are located 20 minutes North of Winnipeg at 5635 Henderson Highway (Just south of Lockport) in the tiny village of Narol, and have for over a hundred years served the rural and suburban communities of Winnipeg, Selkirk, and the municipalities of East St. Paul and St. Clements.
We serve in English and on the New Calendar, but strive to live the Gospel teachings of Christ in the same way the pioneers who brought the Orthodox faith with them when they settled here from Western Ukraine.
Without forgetting our history and traditions, we has grown into a multi-generational and ethnic parish, proclaiming the saving work of Jesus Christ that has echoed throughout the ages.
Saying goodbye to a friend, and priest; but not his vision.
This past month, our dear friend Fr. Sinisa Milutinovic from St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, was informed that he would be transferred to Saint Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, in Burnaby, BC on June 1st. (ironically on the eve of the feast of Ascension, when I met him eight years ago). I must say that this was a bit of […]
Mothers day.
Although this is a “Halmark holiday” with no status as a civic or liturgical holiday, Mothers Day is a day that everyone offers thanksgiving and prayers for our mothers, regardless of who they are, where they came from, or what they believe. Of course this is something we should be doing everyday of our lives, […]
“As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ!”
This year we had the unspeakable joy of receiving eleven people into the fullness of the faith through the sacrament of baptism. This started on The eve of Lazarus Saturday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (where they have a built in baptismal font), and then on Great and Holy Saturday at St. Nicholas. We […]
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