# HOLY CROSS PARISH EXPLORES OPTIONS FORWARD

- Link: https://nweparchy.ca/2026/02/holy-cross-parish-explores-options-forward/
- Published: 2026-02-09T12:49:48-08:00
- Author: Website

On Meat-fare Sunday (8 February), Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski visited the [**Exaltation of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Parish**](https://www.facebook.com/crossparish)
in Surrey, British Columbia. Grateful to the pastor and parishioners of Precious
Blood Roman Catholic Parish, the small Ukrainian parish has been holding services
and parish events at Precious Blood for a few years now.

Upon his arrival in the Eparchy a year ago, Fr. [**Mykhailo Postolyuk**](https://www.facebook.com/padremikaele)
has been serving as Parish Priest of Holy Cross as well as the new [**Saint Joseph the Spouse**](https://mapleridge.nweparchy.ca/)
mission parish at the **Adoration Chapel** of **Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church**
in Maple Ridge, BC.

The Divine Liturgy began at 2:00 PM as it does every Sunday and Bishop Michael asked
the parishioners to stay behind for a small discussion.

The Bishop thanked them for coming to the service and said that he was truly impressed
with their singing of the Ukrainian/English Eucharistic Liturgy. He expressed his
admiration for them that although the parish still struggled after losing its original
church some years ago, they remained determined to make the best of the situation.
They continue to have weekly Sunday services at the temporary location and Fr. Mykhailo
offers some online services, Bible study and catechism lessons during the weekdays.
One of the important recent developments was that Fr. Mykhailo, with his family,
was now moving into a parish apartment nearer to the Precious Blood location. (He
had been living at the rectory of another Eparchial Parish – [**Holy Dormition Byzantine**](https://easternchurch.wordpress.com/)-
in Richmond.)

The meeting after the Divine Liturgy offered the Bishop and parishioners, with their
parish priest, to have a good discussion about where the parish “is at” and what
might be some of the best changes or moves to make in the near future. This was 
also put into context the overall resources and needs of the [**Eparchy of New Westminster**](https://nweparchy.ca/)
as a whole. Everything from Liturgy times to relocating to growing the community
was talked about. In conclusion everyone raised a prayer to the Lord, through the
intercession of Mary the Mother of God, to guide them all in making the best possible
decision for the good of their community.

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