St. Philips - Assumption of the B.V.M.

Abandoned Ukrainian Catholic church near St.Philips

The first Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary church was constructed in 1907 and burned down in 1916. The second church was built in 1917 and stood until it was burned to the ground in the mid-2010s. 

The church stood three miles east of the town of St. Philips. It was built in a cross shape with a large central dome and a low concrete basement. There was an intricately designed metal cross above the main entrance and three other metal crosses on the gables. The church is built to be east-west oriented. The interior includes the sanctuary, main altar, choir loft, and sacristies. There would have been wooden pews for about 80 people with coal heating and candlelight. A belfry is adjacent to the church and there is also a cemetery on site. The last service was likely in the later 1960s or early 1970s when the members went to nearby parishes of Kamsack, Pelly or Arran.

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