In Brampton, Ontario Canada a Ukranian Church has burnt down. A fire inside St. Elias The Prophet Ukranian Catholic Church on Heritage Road near Bovaird Drive occurred on Saturday around 6:50 a.m.
About 15 fire trucks were dispatched but by the time they arrived the building was engulfed in flames. The Church is completely destroyed. Fire crews responded very quickly. The church was made out of wood and therefore the fire spread quickly. The cause of the fire is unknown.
No injuries were reported.
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About the Church from the Website:
In rural Brampton, just on the outskirts of Toronto, built in 1995, the parish church of St. Elias the Prophet rises high on the Peel Plain above the Credit River Valley. Though this building was built in 1995, the parish community was started in 1976.
A wooden structure of heavy timbers (Douglas Fir), it is sheathed in Western red cedar. It has been constructed according to an architectural style known as “Boyko”, derived from western Ukraine.
The 3 sections (altar, sanctuary, and narthex) are each topped with a dome or cupola. According to Byzantine liturgical typology, the dome is an image of the heavens.
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