Here are some of the sources of the information posted on this website. We are very appreciative of these resources. We want to provide acknowledgements and credit to these individuals and organizations for their contributions to this initiative.
Bell tower at the Holy Ascension Russo-Greek Orthodox Church – Skaro, Alberta1. Self-Driving Church Tour. Lamont County, Alberta. When we discovered and downloaded this 2001 document, it was the inspiration for the development of the Pioneer Churches on the Prairies website. We used their Tour Guide to select the churches we wanted to photograph / video. We also incorporated their history information on the selected churches on our site.
2. Canadian Orthodox History Project. This is a great resource. We have used it mainly to supplement historical information on some of the parishes on our website. Where we already had some historical information, we added links to the relevant pages on the Orthodox History Project website.
3. Find a Grave. This website is a huge database of cemeteries and grave records from around the world. For each of the churches on our Pioneer Churches on the Prairies website, we have added a Find a Grave link to their cemetery listing. We have also contributed some of our drone photographs to the various cemeteries listed on our website.
4. Virtual Tours for Museums and Historic Sites. A Literature Review. The purpose of this literature review is to help us and others create effective and engaging on-line virtual tours.
5. Here are some articles that we found with useful information and suggestions regarding technology and museums.
- Why do people visit art museums?
- Digital Ideas for museums in a post-pandemic world
- Virtual Tours: High interaction cost, moderate usefulness
- Evaluation of virtual tour in an online museum
6. Music Sources. Here are the sources of the Memory Eternal chants used on this website.
- Ukrainian Orthodox version – Memory Eternal from the CD Panikhida by the Bells of Podil choir
- Ukrainian Catholic version – Sung by the Monks from the Monastery of the Holy Cross located in Chevetogne, Belgium [YouTube]
- OCA Orthodox version I – Sung by the Antiphony Orthodox Trio from St. Symeon Orthodox Church in Birmingham, Alabama [YouTube]
- OCA Orthodox version II – From Trisagion Prayers and Troparia of the Departed by St. Tikhon's Mission Choir directed by Benedict Sheeehan [YouTube]
- Russian Orthodox version I – Sung by the Festive choir of Danilov Stauropegial Monastery in Moscow [YouTube]
- Russian Orthodox version II – Eternal Memory from Pavel Chesnokov's Requiem No. 2, Op. 39 sung by the Valaam Monastery Choir with Deacon Vladimir Miller [YouTube]