St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church was designed by Father Ruh and begun in 1939. The church was designated a cathedral in 1948 and eventually was declared a provincial heritage site.

Edmonton, Alberta.

St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church was designed and built by Father Ruh and begun in 1939. It was designated a cathedral in 1948 and eventually declared a provincial heritage site.

Edmonton, Alberta.

Archbishop Wasyly Ladyka sits in the centre of the photo. Father Ruh stands very near, on the left, with four other unidentified clergy also present. Father Ruh was the confessor of the Archbishop.

The location is possibly Mundare, Alberta.

St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, with a large crowd on a rainy day. The church was designed and built by Father Ruh. It was begun in 1939, designated a cathedral in 1948 and eventually declared a provincial heritage site. Father Ruh appears to be standing at the foot of the stairs, slightly right of three other priests wearing a cassock and stole.

Edmonton, Alberta.

Father Ruh, on the left, stands with workers on the steps of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, which he designed and began in 1939, and which was declared a cathedral in 1948.

Edmonton, Alberta.

Father Ruh and Komanetsky on the steps of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, designed by Father Ruh and begun in 1939.

Edmonton, Alberta.

Rev. Fathers: Phylip Ruh, O.M.I., Geo. Slota, O.S.B.M., by St. Josaphat’s Cathedral in Edmonton. Father Ruh and Father George Slota who was originally from Cook’s Creek, on the steps of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral.

Edmonton, Alberta.

Service within Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, which was, from the time of early settlement by Ukrainian Catholic pioneers in the area, the focal point of religious life and the seat of the Basilian missionaries, with whom Father Ruh worked closely during that period.

Mundare, Alberta.

Father Ruh, is seated, surrounded by members of the Faryna family at their homestead. Katherine Faryna stands behind him, and Michael sits at his feet.

Radway, Alberta.

Father Ruh is seated, the second person on the left, with the Faryna family at their homestead.

Radway, Alberta.