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The small parish church of Saint Matthias, Bellwoods, built in 1873, is on a large property on a side street just north of Queen Street West. When you enter this church you feel as though you have stepped back in time. The many years of faithful worship seem to have seeped into the very fabric of the building, giving a feeling of an inviting and holy place.
In 1951, May 20 St. Nicholas Church was assigned to a parish community to conduct religious services. From 1st December 1952 the St. Nicholas Church was formed into a separate parish, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Bohdan Lipsky, who according to his genius and spiritual knowledge designed iconographic nature of the church. Murals of St. Nicholas Church performed according to the traditions of the Byzantine church art. On the walls of the sanctuary, and hramu porch located - in the sanctuary of Christ Pantocrator, the Virgin - Orans, Resurrection and figure of the Church Fathers on the walls - the crucifixion, descent into hell, the icon of St. Vladimir and Olga, Constantine and Helena, Boris and Gleb Anthony and Teodoziya Caves Cyril and Methodius, and scenes from the life of Christ.
Church in the history of the Ukrainian people has always been a source of spiritual life and national saving, the place and the necessary spiritual support religious and national education and its development, storage location spiritual traditions. In 1951, May 20 St. Nicholas Church was assigned to the parish community to conduct religious services. From 1st December 1952 St. Nicholas Church formed into a separate parish, led by Rev. Dr. B. Lipsky, who by his brilliant knowledge designed spiritual and iconographic nature of the church. Painting of St. Nicholas Church is made according to the traditions of the Byzantine church art. On the walls of the sanctuary, and hramu porch located - in the sanctuary of Christ Pantocrator, the Virgin - Orans, Resurrection Fathers and figures on the walls - the Crucifixion, the descent into hell, the icon of St. Vladimir and Olga, Constantine and Helena, Boris and Gleb, Anthony and Teodoziya Caves, Cyril and Methodius, and scenes from the life of Christ