Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church (Lakeshore, Ontario)

Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church
Saint Petka Serbian Church, pictured in 2024
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Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church
Location1501 Lakeshore Road 203
Maidstone, Ontario
N0R 1K0
DenominationSerbian Orthodox Church
History
Founded2014; 12 years ago (2014)
Architecture
ArchitectJohn Peter Thomson
Architectural typePostmodern
Years built1962–1964
Administration
DioceseSerbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada
Clergy
PastorFr. Marko Dimić

Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска православна црква Свете Петке, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svete Petke) is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The church was originally constructed from 1962–64 as the Maidstone Central Public School. The significance and uniqueness of the building is its architectural style of the 1960s when Canada was approaching its centennial year and special attention was given to construction of new schools and other public buildings across the country.

The church is dedicated to Saint Paraskeva of the Balkans, a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

History

Maidstone Central Public School

In the 1960s prior to the Canadian Centennial some 900 buildings were built with "national unity" in mind.[1] The building is unique for its orientation to landscape, horizontal, clean lines, flat facade, with the main entrance doors surrounded in glass and decorative ceramic tiles.[2]

The building was designed and built in Postmodern style by architect John Peter Thomson.[2][3]

Serbian Orthodox Church

After operating for 50 years, the Greater Essex County School Board sold the school and 8.21-acre lot to the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada in April 2014, thanks to more than 300 Serbian donors who attended two on-site fundraising events in March 2014. The Saint Petka Church and School Congregation was initially founded by Bishop Georgije (Đokić) in 2013. With the ascent of Metropolitan Mitrofan (Kodić), the school building was altered inside to serve as a parish home and a community hub to over sixty Serbian families in Tecumseh and Lakeshore, Ontario.[2]

Fr. Miroljub Todorović and Fr. Drago Knežević served the parish as temporary priests until 2021, when Metropolitan Mitrofan appointed Fr. Duško Marković as permanent priest.[2] The current priest is Fr. Marko Dimić.

See also

References

  1. ^ "50 years on, centennial buildings still important symbols". CBC News. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Saint Petka Church, Lakeshore". istocnik.ca. 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  3. ^ "Thomson, John Peter | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada". dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org.

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