Slavco Demchinsky examined the various types of iconography starting in the pioneer period up to works recently created for Ukrainian-Canadian churches. Here we examined the very first icons to be placed in Canadian Churches, the first iconographers to come to Canada, right up to living iconographers that are practicing today. We examined the Galician style, the Kozak Baroque style, modernists, and Byzantine revival style of iconography. Examples from Canadian churches were from coast to coast.

Born in Manitoba, Sterling (Slavco) Demchinsky is a third-generation Ukrainian-Canadian. Since 1995, his goal has been photographing every Ukrainian church in Canada and he has photographed over 650 of them. Now retired, Sterling works as an independent writer and researcher, collaborating with Ukrainian churches and universities. Sterling’s photos are housed in the National Archives, the Archives of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg and the Archives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. He currently sits on the Consistory Board of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, where he is the chair of the Small Communities Affairs Committee, a group that deals with church heritage projects.

A video recording of Slavco Demchinsky ‘s Webinar presentation can be found here.  We also have recordings of the Introductory and Q&A segments from that evening. Slavco has also provided written answers to questions posed by attendees that evening. This Q&A info can be found here.

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