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{{Short description|Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in St. Catharines, Canada}}
{{Infobox church
|name = Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church
|image = Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Catharines (02).jpg
|location = 14 Rolls Ave, [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario|ON]] L2N 1W1, Canada
|country = [[Canada]]
|coordinates = {{coord|43|10|27.7|N|79|13|53|W|display=inline,title}}
|denomination= [[Catholic Church]]
|sui iuris church = [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]
|architect = Reverend [[Philip Ruh]], O.M.I.
|heritage designation = Municipal (1997)<ref name="oht"/><ref name="standard"/>
|architecture_style = [[Neo-Byzantine architecture|Byzantine Revival]]
|groundbreaking = 1944
|year_completed = 1946
|dome quantity = 6
|website =
}}
The '''Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church''' is a [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Greek Catholic]] church located in [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]]. It was designed by the [[Germany|German]] priest and architect [[Philip Ruh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stcatharines.ca/en/building-and-renovating/resources/Documents/Selected-Profiles-of-Designated-Heritage-Properties.pdf |title=Designated Heritage Properties |publisher=The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines }}</ref>
In 1943, the property for Sts. Cyril and Methodius was purchased for $600.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/st-catharines/sts-cyril-and-methodius-ukrainian-catholic-church |title=Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church |work=Doors Open Ontario}}</ref> The church was constructed between 1944 and 1946.<ref name="oht"/> It was consecrated in 1950.<ref name="standard"/>
In 1997 the church was granted heritage status by the City of St. Catharines, one of five St. Catharines churches so honoured.<ref name="standard">{{cite news |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/life/yesterday-and-today-the-rise-of-sts-cyril-and-methodius-church/article_005046af-b501-55ad-96b1-876c2b3e172c.html |title=Yesterday and Today: The rise of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church |date=April 26, 2019 |work=The St. Catharines Standard |first=Dennis |last=Gannon }}</ref><ref name="oht">{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/places-of-worship/places-of-worship-database/search/powresults/details?id=767&backlinkslug=associated-records& |title=Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church |work=[[Ontario Heritage Trust]] }}</ref><ref name="bylaw">{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/oha/details/file?id=1966 |title=City of St. Catarines By-Law No. 98-30 |work=[[Ontario Heritage Trust]]}}</ref>
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Interior of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Catharines - 2024 - 05.jpg|Church interior
File:Stained-glass windows of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Catharines - 03.jpg|One of the stained-glass windows
File:Monument to Saint Volodymyr, St. Catharines - 2024 - 1.jpg|Monument to [[Vladimir the Great|St. Volodymyr]]
File:Monument to Ukrainian soldiers, St. Catharines - 2024 - 4.jpg|Monument to Ukrainian soldiers
</gallery>
== References ==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in St. Catharines]]
[[Category:Churches in Ontario]]
[[Category:Ukrainian Catholic churches in Canada]]
[[Category:Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Ontario]]
[[Category:Church buildings with domes]]
[[Category:20th-century Eastern Catholic church buildings in Canada]]
[[Category:Designated heritage properties in Ontario]]
[[Category:Byzantine Revival architecture in Canada]]