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While the cause of the blaze has yet to be confirmed, St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church in Alberta is one of over 100 churches to have burned down or been vandalized in Canada in recent years.
BOIAN, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) –– A historic 118-year-old Romanian Orthodox Church was reduced to a pile of rubble after being consumed by a fire earlier this week, in an incident that police have yet to confirm the cause.
St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church, located in northwest Alberta near the Romanian settlement of Boian, was consecrated in 1905. It was declared a provincial historic resource in 1976.
On Tuesday, local firefighters from the Two Hills County fire department were called to the scene to put out the blaze around 6 p.m., and asked the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for assistance.
As of right now, RCMP are investigating how the fire was started, but are mum on whether the blaze will be labeled as suspicious.
His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian, who serves as the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, posted photos of the fire on Facebook, and asked the community for prayers.
“I learned a few minutes ago the sad news that the historic church of the Dormition of the Mother of God Parish in Boian (Willingdon), Alberta caught fire and burned completely in the evening of June 6, 2023,” he wrote.
“I will ask you to remember in prayer Rev. Fr. Mircea Panciuk, Rev. Fr. Gheorghe Petrovan and the community of Boian.”
Casian noted that he will be “back with more news depending on what I will learn in the coming days.”
“Until then, I invite you to pray for the community of Boian,” he pleaded.
St. Mary’s was scheduled to have a 125th-anniversary celebration next month and for now, will be having church services outside.
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BOIAN, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) –– A historic 118-year-old Romanian Orthodox Church was reduced to a pile of rubble after being consumed by a fire earlier this week, in an incident that police have yet to confirm the cause.
St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church, located in northwest Alberta near the Romanian settlement of Boian, was consecrated in 1905. It was declared a provincial historic resource in 1976.
On Tuesday, local firefighters from the Two Hills County fire department were called to the scene to put out the blaze around 6 p.m., and asked the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for assistance.
As of right now, RCMP are investigating how the fire was started, but are mum on whether the blaze will be labeled as suspicious.
His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian, who serves as the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, posted photos of the fire on Facebook, and asked the community for prayers.
“I learned a few minutes ago the sad news that the historic church of the Dormition of the Mother of God Parish in Boian (Willingdon), Alberta caught fire and burned completely in the evening of June 6, 2023,” he wrote.
“I will ask you to remember in prayer Rev. Fr. Mircea Panciuk, Rev. Fr. Gheorghe Petrovan and the community of Boian.”
Casian noted that he will be “back with more news depending on what I will learn in the coming days.”
“Until then, I invite you to pray for the community of Boian,” he pleaded.
St. Mary’s was scheduled to have a 125th-anniversary celebration next month and for now, will be having church services outside.
Continued below.
Another historic church burns down in Alberta, police yet to confirm cause - LifeSite
While the cause of the blaze has yet to be confirmed, St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church in Alberta is one of over 100 churches to have burned down or been vandalized in Canada in recent years.
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