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	[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]		[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]

			[https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gaoliver/genealogy/AlvenaSKgenealogy.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History]

	[https://calendar.ucc.sk.ca/pdf/SUHStravelguide.pdf Saskatchewan's Ukrainian Legacy] (The Saskatchewan Ukrainian Historical Society, 2006)		[https://calendar.ucc.sk.ca/pdf/SUHStravelguide.pdf Saskatchewan's Ukrainian Legacy] (The Saskatchewan Ukrainian Historical Society, 2006)

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	As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.		As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.

	With the arrival of the Slavic homesteaders, in 1898, Alvena became a part of the Saskatoon-Fish Creek-Wakaw Bloc Settlement.		With the arrival of the Slavic homesteaders, in 1898, Alvena became a part of the [https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gaoliver/genealogy/AlvenaSKgenealogy.html Saskatoon-Fish Creek-Wakaw Bloc Settlement]. The majority of the settlers in this bloc settlement came from the province of Halychyna and the counties of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borshchiv Borshchiv], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horodenka Horodenka], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternopil Ternopil], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husiatyn Husiatyn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal Sokal], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yavoriv Yavoriv].

	Although it is not known from available evidence when this Temple was established, nor whether what currently stands is the original (likely newer), it is usual in the behaviour of the Ukrainian and Romanian immigrants of that and subsequent periods that a place of worship be constructed soon after their arrival. Moreover, it seems that as was often the case, it was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church Ukrainian Greek Catholics] who arrived, and that they established themselves to begin with. It would have been at some time not very long afterwards that the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Introduction_to_Orthodox_Christianity Orthodox Christians] began to distinguish themselves from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church Greek-Catholics].		Although it is not known from available evidence when this Temple was established, nor whether what currently stands is the original (likely newer), it is usual in the behaviour of the Ukrainian and Romanian immigrants of that and subsequent periods that a place of worship be constructed soon after their arrival. Moreover, it seems that as was often the case, it was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church Ukrainian Greek Catholics] who arrived, and that they established themselves to begin with. It would have been at some time not very long afterwards that the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Introduction_to_Orthodox_Christianity Orthodox Christians] began to distinguish themselves from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church Greek-Catholics].

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	This parish follows the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar Old (Julian) Calendar].		This parish follows the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar Old (Julian) Calendar].

	In ~~2024~~, The pastor of the parish is [https://www.uocc.ca/clergy/the-rev-fr-patrick-d-powalinsky/ Archpriest Patrick D Powalinsky].		In 2025, The pastor of the parish is [https://www.uocc.ca/clergy/the-rev-fr-patrick-d-powalinsky/ Archpriest Patrick D Powalinsky].

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	[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\S\A\Saskatchewan.htm Encyclopaedia of Ukraine article about Saskatchewan]		[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\S\A\Saskatchewan.htm Encyclopaedia of Ukraine article about Saskatchewan]

	[http://~~munster~~.~~sasktelwebsite~~.~~net~~/~~AlvenaGenealogy~~/~~Alvena~~.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History ~~(a)~~]		[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gaoliver/genealogy/AlvenaSKgenealogy.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History]

	~~[http://munster.sasktelwebsite.net/AlvenaGenealogy/AlvenaChurches.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History (b)]~~

	[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]		[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]

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	As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.		As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.

			With the arrival of the Slavic homesteaders, in 1898, Alvena became a part of the Saskatoon-Fish Creek-Wakaw Bloc Settlement.

	Although it is not known from available evidence when this Temple was established, nor whether what currently stands is the original (likely newer), it is usual in the behaviour of the Ukrainian and Romanian immigrants of that and subsequent periods that a place of worship be constructed soon after their arrival. Moreover, it seems that as was often the case, it was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church Ukrainian Greek Catholics] who arrived, and that they established themselves to begin with. It would have been at some time not very long afterwards that the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Introduction_to_Orthodox_Christianity Orthodox Christians] began to distinguish themselves from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church Greek-Catholics].		Although it is not known from available evidence when this Temple was established, nor whether what currently stands is the original (likely newer), it is usual in the behaviour of the Ukrainian and Romanian immigrants of that and subsequent periods that a place of worship be constructed soon after their arrival. Moreover, it seems that as was often the case, it was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church Ukrainian Greek Catholics] who arrived, and that they established themselves to begin with. It would have been at some time not very long afterwards that the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Introduction_to_Orthodox_Christianity Orthodox Christians] began to distinguish themselves from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church Greek-Catholics].

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	[http://munster.sasktelwebsite.net/AlvenaGenealogy/AlvenaChurches.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History (b)]		[http://munster.sasktelwebsite.net/AlvenaGenealogy/AlvenaChurches.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History (b)]

	[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]		[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]

			[https://calendar.ucc.sk.ca/pdf/SUHStravelguide.pdf Saskatchewan's Ukrainian Legacy] (The Saskatchewan Ukrainian Historical Society, 2006)

			Fiftieth Anniversary Book of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada 1918-1968 (Winnipeg : Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church, 1968)

	[https://pioneerchurches.ca/index.php Pioneer Churches on the Prairies web-site]		[https://pioneerchurches.ca/index.php Pioneer Churches on the Prairies web-site]

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	The people who emigrated from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe Eastern Europe], immigrated to Canada, and then settled in the Alvena region seem to have been largely from the region of "Halychyna" ([https://www.britannica.com/place/Galicia-historical-region-Eastern-Europe Galicia]), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They lived in the region in the vicinity of [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\T\E\Ternopil.htm Ternopol (Tarnopil)], and they were mostly [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenant%20farmer tenant-farmers], [https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-east-central-europe serfs] and servants. Their resources were few, and when it began to be advertised in their region that land was available in Canada, they risked everything for the sake of this opportunity to own their own property. Thus, they began to arrive in Canada with the first wave of emigrants from that region in about 1898. Reaching their final destination was complicated because the railway system on the prairies (apart from the trans-continental [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway Canadian Pacific Railway] service) was yet in the early times of its development. Some of their travel had to be by foot and/or horse.		The people who emigrated from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe Eastern Europe], immigrated to Canada, and then settled in the Alvena region seem to have been largely from the region of "Halychyna" ([https://www.britannica.com/place/Galicia-historical-region-Eastern-Europe Galicia]), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They lived in the region in the vicinity of [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\T\E\Ternopil.htm Ternopol (Tarnopil)], and they were mostly [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenant%20farmer tenant-farmers], [https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-east-central-europe serfs] and servants. Their resources were few, and when it began to be advertised in their region that land was available in Canada, they risked everything for the sake of this opportunity to own their own property. Thus, they began to arrive in Canada with the first wave of emigrants from that region in about 1898. Reaching their final destination was complicated because the railway system on the prairies (apart from the trans-continental [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway Canadian Pacific Railway] service) was yet in the early times of its development. Some of their travel had to be by foot and/or horse.

	It seems that once the immigration began, the earliest arrivals were in the vicinity of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyburn Weyburn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan Saskatchewan]. This was followed by the [https://ghosttowns.com/canada/sa/donwell.html Donwell] region (near present-day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkton Yorkton]) ; then came the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamsack Kamsack] area, and regions to the west ; and then the Alvena region, and its surrounding regions in various directions. Some of the newcomers arrived ~~in the early 1900s~~ ; however, ~~the treater numbers~~ came following the attempted [https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution-of-1905 revolution in 1905] the [https://www.britannica.com/place/Russian-Empire Russian Empire]. The young persons arriving in the early 20th century were often rather well-educated, and very intent on preserving Ukrainian language, culture, as well as national and religious beliefs. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language Great Russian], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language White Russian or Byelorussian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language Ukrainian] are designated as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Slavic_languages "East Slavic" languages].)		It seems that once the immigration began, the earliest arrivals were in the vicinity of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyburn Weyburn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan Saskatchewan]. This was followed by the [https://ghosttowns.com/canada/sa/donwell.html Donwell] region (near present-day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkton Yorkton]) ; then came the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamsack Kamsack] area, and regions to the west ; and then the Alvena region, and its surrounding regions in various directions. Some of the newcomers arrived before 1900 ; however, a greater number came following the attempted [https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution-of-1905 revolution in 1905] the [https://www.britannica.com/place/Russian-Empire Russian Empire]. The young persons arriving in the early 20th century were often rather well-educated, and very intent on preserving Ukrainian language, culture, as well as national and religious beliefs. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language Great Russian], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language White Russian or Byelorussian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language Ukrainian] are designated as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Slavic_languages "East Slavic" languages].)

	As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.		As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.

	Although it is not known from available evidence when this Temple was established, nor whether what currently stands is the original (likely newer), it is usual in the behaviour of the Ukrainian and Romanian immigrants of that and subsequent periods that a place of worship be constructed soon after their arrival.		Although it is not known from available evidence when this Temple was established, nor whether what currently stands is the original (likely newer), it is usual in the behaviour of the Ukrainian and Romanian immigrants of that and subsequent periods that a place of worship be constructed soon after their arrival. Moreover, it seems that as was often the case, it was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church Ukrainian Greek Catholics] who arrived, and that they established themselves to begin with. It would have been at some time not very long afterwards that the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Introduction_to_Orthodox_Christianity Orthodox Christians] began to distinguish themselves from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church Greek-Catholics].

	==Rural depopulation==		==Rural depopulation==

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	[http://munster.sasktelwebsite.net/AlvenaGenealogy/AlvenaChurches.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History (b)]		[http://munster.sasktelwebsite.net/AlvenaGenealogy/AlvenaChurches.html Alvena, Saskatchewan Genealogy and Homestead History (b)]

			[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ethnic/ukranian-saskatchewan.html Ukrainian Saskatchewan Genealogy Roots]

	[https://pioneerchurches.ca/index.php Pioneer Churches on the Prairies web-site]		[https://pioneerchurches.ca/index.php Pioneer Churches on the Prairies web-site]

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	The people who emigrated from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe Eastern Europe], immigrated to Canada, and then settled in the Alvena region seem to have been largely from the region of "Halychyna" ([https://www.britannica.com/place/Galicia-historical-region-Eastern-Europe Galicia]), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They lived in the region in the vicinity of [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\T\E\Ternopil.htm Ternopol (Tarnopil)], and they were mostly [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenant%20farmer tenant-farmers], [https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-east-central-europe serfs] and servants. Their resources were few, and when it began to be advertised in their region that land was available in Canada, they risked everything for the sake of this opportunity to own their own property. Thus, they began to arrive in Canada with the first wave of emigrants from that region in about 1898. Reaching their final destination was complicated because the railway system on the prairies (apart from the trans-continental [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway Canadian Pacific Railway] service) was yet in the early times of its development. Some of their travel had to be by foot and/or horse.		The people who emigrated from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe Eastern Europe], immigrated to Canada, and then settled in the Alvena region seem to have been largely from the region of "Halychyna" ([https://www.britannica.com/place/Galicia-historical-region-Eastern-Europe Galicia]), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They lived in the region in the vicinity of [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\T\E\Ternopil.htm Ternopol (Tarnopil)], and they were mostly [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenant%20farmer tenant-farmers], [https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/serfdom-east-central-europe serfs] and servants. Their resources were few, and when it began to be advertised in their region that land was available in Canada, they risked everything for the sake of this opportunity to own their own property. Thus, they began to arrive in Canada with the first wave of emigrants from that region in about 1898. Reaching their final destination was complicated because the railway system on the prairies (apart from the trans-continental [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway Canadian Pacific Railway] service) was yet in the early times of its development. Some of their travel had to be by foot and/or horse.

			It seems that once the immigration began, the earliest arrivals were in the vicinity of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyburn Weyburn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan Saskatchewan]. This was followed by the [https://ghosttowns.com/canada/sa/donwell.html Donwell] region (near present-day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkton Yorkton]) ; then came the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamsack Kamsack] area, and regions to the west ; and then the Alvena region, and its surrounding regions in various directions. Some of the newcomers arrived in the early 1900s ; however, the treater numbers came following the attempted [https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution-of-1905 revolution in 1905] the [https://www.britannica.com/place/Russian-Empire Russian Empire]. The young persons arriving in the early 20th century were often rather well-educated, and very intent on preserving Ukrainian language, culture, as well as national and religious beliefs. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language Great Russian], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language White Russian or Byelorussian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language Ukrainian] are designated as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Slavic_languages "East Slavic" languages].)

	As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.		As is frequently the case in various settlements (be they [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ukrainian-canadians Ukrainian], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romanians Romanian] or other), there was a Temple within the village, and at least one in the midst of the homesteads round about. In this case, the Temple was constructed in the village.