The St. John the Baptizer Ukrainian Catholic Church permanent home, which has been years in the making, is expected to be completed next year
Rev. Yurii Sas, of the Ukrainian Church in Santee, middle, leads prayers with other church leaders and leaders of other County Catholic churches during the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Ukrainian Church coming here to the corner of Carlton Oaks Drive and Pike Road. Parishioners of St. John the Baptizer Ukrainian Catholic Church gathered Sunday for a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of their new permanent home in Santee expected to be finished by next Easter.
The church will be built at the corner of Carlton Oaks Drive and Pike Road. It will be adorned with five gold-painted domes modeled after the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. It then began the process of raising funds to start the project, as well as complete the required environmental and feasibility studies. The Santee City CouncilThe Rev. Richard Janowicz, far left, of the Ukrainian Church, greets the Rev. Joseph Mai, far right, of the Eastern Orthodox Church, as people arrive for the groundbreaking of the Ukrainian Church. Second from the left is the Rev. Yurii Sas of the Ukrainian Church who led the ceremony.
The war between Russia and Ukraine made everyone involved want to get the project done faster, as the congregation has been ministering to refugees who came to San Diego through Mexico and Europe. “It’s going to be a piece of Ukraine here on the foreign land,” he said through an interpreter when asked about the new church.
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