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Coordinates: 53°46′17″N111°51′17″W / 53.7715°N 111.8547°W
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The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary (Szypentiz district) is an historic Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada congregation and building in a rural district near Two Hills, Alberta. The church was constructed in 1917 after the congregation's previous church was lost in a fire. It is noted for its use of brickwork (whereas most similar rural churches in Alberta are wooden), and interior decoration by Ukrainian-Albertan icon painter Peter Lapinski.
It was named a Provincial Historic Resource in 1987. [1]
Coordinates: 53°46′17″N111°51′17″W / 53.7715°N 111.8547°W
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