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UKRAINIAN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. MARY (SZYPENTIZ DISTRICT) Hairy Hill, Near Other Names: Szypenitz Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary Szypentiz Church Szypentiz Ukrainian Church, Two Hills Szypentiz Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church and Graveyard Bell Tower Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary, Szypentiz U. G. O. of St. Mary - Szypentiz U.G.O. of St. Mary - Szypentiz UGO of St. Mary - Szypentiz Statement of SignificanceDescription of Historic Place The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary (Szypenitz District) located on 21.4 hectares of land, near Hairy Hill in the County of Two Hills No. 21, is a brick church building built in the style of the Eastern rite Churches of western Ukraine. It features a large central dome over the nave of the church and a small cupola over the entrance.  Heritage Value The heritage value of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary lies chiefly as a unique example of brick construc

Old church

  Highland Park Church & Cemetary is located just South & West of New Norway Alberta Canada. In 1898 Pioneers in this area built A Store, Post Office, Creamery &  Boarding House all of which operated from 1900 to 1910. A School was also built and was operating from 1901 to 1949. The Church was built in 1905 and closed in 1964. It is still standing but is in a poor state of repair and has been boarded up. Babys grave for A distance u can see the the cross next to the rock .  n 1892, travelling first on the newly constructed   Canadian Pacific Railway   (CPR) line, the Ole M. Olstad family disembarked in   Wetaskiwin   and made their way to the   Duhamel   settlement, which had been established for some years. The family quickly filed   homesteads   a few miles south for themselves and several relatives and friends in the United States. In addition they purchased available CPR land for $3.00 per  acre   ($7.41/ ha ). For a time the area was known as the "Ols