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We are hosting our Annual Doukhobor Discovery Centre Opening on Sunday April 28, 2013 at 1:00pm. Everyone is welcome! Our guests will include Dan Rye,John J. Verigin, Alex Atamanenko, Katrine Conroy, Vera Kanigan, Men’s Tri-Choir, Doukhobor & Friends ~ Choir for Peace and Netta & Toinya. Visitors will be entertained with stories, songs and refreshments. [...]
The Doukhobor Village in Castlegar opened for the 2012 season with a great day of fun and entertainment on Sunday, April 29. Workers had been busy for several weeks making repairs and fixing the roof of the main building in preparation for the opening. The village is open from May 1 – September from 10 [...]
Warm sunshine, clear skies, fresh spring air and birds singing greeted us on Easter Sunday. There was so much to be thankful for on this day we celebrate the Spirit of Christ arising in the hearts and souls of his faithful followers. There was food for the body, heart, mind and soul and beautiful people [...]
My children have a rich legacy with ancestors such as Nicolai Zibarov. He was one of the four Doukhobor signatories on a petition that was addressed to Empress Maria Fedorovna (September 22, 1897) that led the Tsar to grant permission for the persecuted Doukhobors to migrate into Canada. In Russia, he was a Trustee of [...]
On the evening of Wednesday, February 23, 2011, we were honoured by a visit to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre by Kootenay Art Gallery board members. Sharing stories about the communal way of life was an enlightening way to spend part of an evening. The simple fact that up to fifty people extending from one family [...]
The day of the visit was bright and sunny. Following interviews with several Elders of the community in the Dom of our Museum, she joined members of the community for a delicious lunch at our Village Bistro. After a long day, Mme Clarkson and Netta Zeberoff made their way to the Merry Creek Trails. They [...]
