St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Peno)
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Without the Orthodox cross mounted high on the steeple of this church, this church could pass for a United Church.
That’s because it originally was a United Church.
As the “Lamont County’s Self-Guided Church Tours” booklet explains, a number of local people became disenchanted with the Catholic Church in the area and in 1925 started to hold services in a local home and by 1936 an official Ukrainian congregation was created.
After 1938 services were held in the nearby community hall and a decade and a half later the parish purchased the Unwin United Church building, originally built in 1917, for $350 and moved it to the present site.
Source: “Lamont County’s Self-Guided Church Tours” booklet. Available online at: Lamont County Public Documents
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