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Nativity of the Virgin Mary | |
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43°22′22″N 80°19′08″W / 43.37279°N 80.31885°W | |
Location | 50 Augusta St Cambridge, Ontario |
Country | Canada |
Denomination | Macedonian Orthodox Church |
Website | stmarymoc.ca |
History | |
Founded | 1989 |
Administration | |
Diocese | American-Canadian |
Clergy | |
Pastor(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.
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.