This photo journal features photos taken in 2009. It is the 2nd one produced for this Regina church. The link to the previous photo journal which was produced in 2004 is here:
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/59172/index.html.
History: St Basils parish was founded in late 1925. Prior to 1925, there was no Ukrainian catholic church in Regina. The parish used St Marys RC church (now Blessed Sacrament) until their own 1st building was completed in 1929. When the parish grew, they decided to build a new church instead
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The exterior of the church at 1757 Toronto Street.
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The altar area with the royal & deacon doors below & arched iconostas panel higher up.
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The mirror tiles on the upper side walls are very effective!
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Royal doors with Deacon's doors on either side. Icons on the royal doors are the...
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Royal & deacon's door - left side The royal door features the Blessed Mother and Christ Child.
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Left side
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Deacon's door, right side
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Right side
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Upper icons behing the altar (ba) The 4 major prophets are portrayed in the center & below the...
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ba - right Below the apostles, 6 on each side, are the 6 major feast days in the life of...
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ba - left
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Closeup Note that these icons are mosacis made up of hundreds of tiny tiles.
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The large icon behind the main altar
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Wonderful stained glass windows (sg) this one faturing Cardinal Joseph Slipyj (1892-1984) &...
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sg - Sts Peter and Paul were both apostles. There were 12 apostles.
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sg - St Ann was the Virgin Mary's mother.
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sg - St Joachim was St Ann's husband & the Virgin Mary's father.
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sg - Sts Volodymyr and Olga Volodymyr was the Grand Duke of Kiev & all of Russia & the...
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sg - St Basil the Great rose window St Basil is considered the Father of Eastern Monasticism, the Greek Doctor of...
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sg - Crucifixion
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sg - Annunciation The stained glass artists were Rault & Kowal. Kowal designed...
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sg - Nativity
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sg - Resurrection
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sg - Holy Family
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sg - from a distance
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