Documenting churches throughout Saskatchewan include rural, urban, abandoned, and active buildings. Sites include churches and other religious buildings all across Saskatchewan. We cover all religious buildings including Ukrainian Catholic, Ukrainian Orthodox, Lutheran, Catholic, United, Presbyterian, Anglican, United, Orthodox, Methodist and more. We also visit synagogues, missions and Doukhobor prayer homes.
We use photography on the ground and drones to capture different aspects of these buildings. We also do video walkthroughs of churches that we are able to get access to.
We have photographed all the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox churches in Saskatchewan!
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church was built in 1909 and used until 1985. We have visited this church a few times over the years. On our latest visit in 2017 we met a couple of women who were part of a group that was restoring the church. The church had a new roof since our
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church was built in 1909. This rural church is located in east-central Saskatchewan. I was unable to find any further history.
Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic church is located in Vonda, Saskatchewan. This church is the first in the parish and was built around 1942. It’s built of wood construction with a basement and three cupolas. It was designed to see 100 people, has electricity and central oil heating. The church was built through fundraising and private
In southwest Saskatchewan there is a small abandoned United Church. It doesn’t look like much from the outside but the interior proved to be neat. Inside the church was the original pulpit, bibles, decorations and a few other items. For an abandoned church it was neat.
The long abandoned United Church in Drinkwater, Saskatchewan. The church was built in 191, has had a few additions along the way. It was abandoned years ago and to be honest, we never thought it was in any danger or coming down. Fast forward to 2020 when the church was demolished, leaving another empty lot
Churches that are no longer used can be found in any state of decay. We find churches of all types including those that are completely intact (used for a few service a year), intact churches that are no longer used, completely cleared out buildings, vandalized churches and those in a state of decay. The location of
I have had no luck finding any information on this church. All I know is this is a memorial chapel in memory of a much large Catholic church that would have been on this site. This cute little chapel has a few elements inside as well as graveyard behind it. The site is maintained.
There are a few roads in the province that have a couple churches within a few miles of each other. One in particular has multiple churches, all Ukrainian on the same road within a few miles of each other. At the end of the road, across a low level crossing (likely with water on it) and along
Rural Saskatchewan is endless and you never know what you will find. We always go out seeking abandoned buildings, including churches, but of course we run into rural buildings that are historic and sometimes still in use. The best example of this is rural churches, some are preserved historic sites while others may actually hold
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic church in central Saskatchewan is another example of historic rural churches. Today, rural churches that are still active, are few and far between. Unfortunately, most have been abandoned, demolished, vandalized, burned or in a state where they are still cared for but only used once a
