Turning the pages back...

April 13, 1946

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of Canada's most valued Ukrainian educational institutions. In 1932, a small Ukrainian Orthodox seminary was established in Winnipeg to prepare candidates for the priesthood and community leadership through programs in theology, approved high school courses and Ukrainian language courses.

On April 13, 1946, St. Andrew's College was officially incorporated by an act of Manitoba's provincial legislature. From 1948, it benefited greatly from the arrival of Metropolitan Ilarion Ohiienko, a leading scholar of theology and Ukrainian linguistics, who served as its dean of theology.

In 1964, the college moved to its own building, with a residence on the campus of the University of Manitoba and became an associate college.

1972 was a year of mixed emotions for supporters of the institution. Metropolitan Ilarion died in March, and yet St. Andrew's received authorization to teach accredited university courses in religious studies and Ukrainian language leading to an undergraduate degree.

In 1981, St. Andrew's College's humanities courses were organized into the Center of Ukrainian Canadian Studies, and the college itself became formally affiliated with the university. Its library contains 50,000 volumes, with 11,000 rare titles donated from the collection of the late Metropolitan Ilarion.

Source: "Saint Andrew's College," Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993).

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 7, 1996, No. 14, Vol. LXIV

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