On a snowy October Saturday, we were wandering the backroads of northern Alberta, north of Mundare to be exact. As we are driving we spotted the reflection of the silver dome of this grand old church. The Spaca Moskalyk Ukranian Catholic Church stands proudly amongst the grain fields northeast of Mundare. It was built in 1925 on land donated by Ukraine settler Harry Moskalyk, the church is based on a cruciform plan in the tradition of the Byzantine style of church architecture that spread through western Alberta with the establishment of Ukranian communities. Services ceased in the 1980's and it was designated as a Municipal Historic Resource in 2006. The community has since then, had an estimate to refurbish the church but with an estimate of $750,00.00 this great old parish will be lost as many others have due to the high cost of refurbishing them. This has to be one of the most spectacular sights I have encountered in my years of traveling and photographing this province.
I have just received information from a fellow blogger, a week and a half ago the church was moved to a new foundation and residing has started. This is wonderful news that the building is going to be preserved along with the history within.