I am a graduate student and a research assistant at the Department of Religious Studies, U of Calgary. My research is focused on certain groups of Russian religious dissent. I'm of Molokan origin myself and came from Russia. Is there a Doukhobor community that meets somewhere in Calgary? I would be very interested to visit. Thank you.

Dear Sergei,

There are two Doukhobor groups that meet regularly in the Calgary area.

The first is the Calgary Doukhobor Cultural Society. Their moleniye meeting is the first Sunday of every month at 11:00 a.m. at Nifty 50's Senior's Club, 3512 - 5th Ave. N.W. Services are conducted in English. Hymns and psalms are sung and read in Russian and English. For further information, call Mable Stoochnoff (272-7054) or Peter Negrave (295-9437).

The second group is the Southern Alberta Doukhobors. Their traditional moleniye meeting is the third Sunday of every month at 11:00 am at Marlborough Park Community Centre, 6021 Madigan Drive. For further information, contact Kevin Seminoff (295-8645) or Margaret Salekin (948-4030).

I trust this information will be of use to you.

Best Regards,

Jon Kalmakoff

Thank you so much for your prompt reply!

My name is Dan'
My grandfather was Malakon from Russia.
I would like to find more info. about his name and where he may have came from as I have very little.
I'm at DDCL@Telus.net
Thank-you