St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church
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Vidir area

Designation Date:  July 13, 2005
Designation Authority:  R.M. of Bifrost
Present Owner:  Arborg & District Multicultural Heritage Village

Built in 1921, St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church, the first parish church built by Ukrainian settlers in the Bjarmi area north of Arborg, is a modest-sized vernacular example of early ecclesiastical architecture in the Interlake region. Its design, based on a cruciform plan with short arms, recalls in a humble, simplified manner the ancient Byzantine traditions found in the more elaborate churches of the settlers’ homeland, more specifically among churches in the Ternopil plains region of western Ukraine.