Maria Sowsen Prokipchuk and Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral: A full-sized violin rests at in an upright slightly angled position at the back of a display cabinet in the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Manitoba Branch located in a long narrow room on the main floor of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral at 1175 Main St. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. A small cardboard sign beside the violin notes that it was donated to the museum by a relative, Maria Sowsen Prokipchuk. Helena Bohonos, Margaret Pestrak, Alyce Budinsky at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada Manitoba Branch. Photo Store The instrument, which has lost its lustre over the years but looks like it could still make music in the hands of a skilled player, was handmade by farmer Dmytro Sopinionyk 1853- 1936 , an immigrant to Canada in 1898 he eventually settled in Vita, Man. from Zalischyky, Ukraine, in 1907. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.