Credits and Acknowledgements

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, Alberta 1. 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. 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

  • OCA Orthodox version I – Sung by the Antiphony Orthodox Trio from St. Symeon Orthodox Church in Birmingham, Alabama 

  • OCA Orthodox version II – From Trisagion Prayers and Troparia of the Departed by St. Tikhon's Mission Choir directed by Benedict Sheeehan

  • Russian Orthodox version I – Sung by the Festive choir of Danilov Stauropegial Monastery in Moscow 

  • 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

5. OCA hymns.  Here are some of the hymns used for several of the OCA church videos. These are sung by the St. Symeon Orthodox Church Choir, Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America (OCA), Birmingham, Alabama.

  • Arise, O God – A Byzantine Chant sung by the Antiphony Orthodox Ensemble from the St. Symeon Orthodox Church.

  • Bless the Lord, O My Soul – A Russian "Greek" Chant from the album Our God is Heaven and on Earth.

  • Blessed Be the Name (Psalm 33) – A Kievan Chant from the album Our God Is in Heaven and on Earth.

  • By the Waters of Babylon (Psalm 137) – Traditional Kievan Chant from the album Fire and Light.

  • Cherubic Hymn – Georgian Chant from the album Come, Bless the Lord.

  • Come, Bless The Lord – From the album Our God is Heaven and on Earth.

  • Magnificat – Znamenny Chant from the album Our God Is in Heaven and on Earth.

  • Nicene Creed – Orthodox Chant from the album Orthodox Christian Chants.

  • Receive the Body of Christ – From the album Fire and Light.

6. Ukrainian Orthodox hymns.  Here are the hymns used for several of the Ukrainian Orthodox church videos. 

  • A Declaration of Christian Faith – Written by St Gregory the Wonderworker and sung by National Academic Choir of Ukraine.

  • Bless my soul Lord (Psalm 103) – Saint Michael´s Golden-Domed Monastery Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  • Blessed is the Man (Music by Roman Hurko) – Vydubychi Church Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  • Evening prayer / Kataxioson – Saint Michael´s Golden-Domed Monastery Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  • Lord's Prayer (by M. Verbytsky) – Vydubychi Church Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  • Lord's Prayer – Vydubychi Church Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  • O Holy God – Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • Praise Lord from Heaven – Vydubychi Church Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  • Praise the Lord from Above – Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • The Sorrowful Mother (Ukrainian Lenten Hymn) – Vydubychi Church Chorus, Kyiv, Ukraine.