St. Mary Macedonian Orthodox Church (Cambridge, Ontario)

Church in Ontario, Canada

43°22′22″N 80°19′08″W / 43.37279°N 80.31885°W / 43.37279; -80.31885Location50 Augusta St
Cambridge, OntarioCountry

CanadaDenominationMacedonian Orthodox ChurchWebsitestmarymoc.caHistoryFounded1989AdministrationDioceseAmerican-CanadianClergyPastor(s)Rev. Goce Despotovski

St. Mary (Macedonian: Пресвета Богородица), also known as the "Nativity of the Virgin Mary" (Macedonian: Раѓање на Пресвета Богородица) is a Macedonian Orthodox Church located in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

History

In 1989, fifteen Macedonian families joined to form a Macedonian organization whose purpose was to gather the Macedonian people and preserve their traditions, culture and faith.^[1] The organization's goal was to establish a church for the Macedonian communities from the areas of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph. In 1994 the group purchased a building of a former Coptic Church and during the same year the church was registered and blessed by Michael, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia.