Growing up Father Nebesniak lived facing the Dushinsky Synagogue. | | |
While living in Salford Father Nebesniak said: “We always spoke Ukrainian… we had the Ukrainian food… we always ate Ukrainian. But obviously sometimes we would get the fish and chips, wrapped in the newspaper.” | | |
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After moving to Rome to follow his calling, Father Nebesniak worked back in Ukraine for seven years with young people and orphaned children. | | |
Now back in Salford his Ukrainian Parish Church offers a Holy Liturgy on weekdays and Saturdays at 10am and on Sundays at 9am, 10.30am and 6pm. | | |
Salford has a wealth of Ukrainian connections. During the First World War, Cheetham Hill was used by Allied Canadian soldiers of Ukrainian descent, who began to enrich Ukrainian life in Salford. | | |
Salford has also become the home to Ukraine Road, which is located just off Littleton Road. | | |
On Smedley Lane, there is a Ukrainian Cultural Centre ‘Dnipro’, which was purchased in 1963. By 1968, renovations were already taking place and a two-storey concert hall was built. | | |
Organisers of the centre describe themselves, on their FaceBook page as being “the nucleus” of the Ukrainian community in Manchester and the surrounding areas for more than 60 years. | | |
“The Centre is a valuable asset in the development of Ukrainian culture, education and traditions and has a long record of service to both Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian communities.” |