
Fr. Yaroslav Kopychyn
Fr. Yaroslav Kopychyn was appointed pastor of Holy Transfiguration parish on February 1, 2023. Fr. Yaroslav is married to Nataliia Kopychyn and they have three children.
Since Fr. Yaroslav’s ordination in 2013, he has served parishes in Ukraine. These include Stebnyk and Dorozhiv in the Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy. In Canada, he has served in Cambridge and now Kitchener and Cambridge.
He graduated from the Theological Seminary in Drohobych, Ukraine. He also graduated from Easter Pontiff Institute in Rome, Italy with a Licentiate in Eastern Spirituality.

Fr. Deacon Jerry Polischuk
Born and raised in our parish, Sub-Deacon Jerry is married with four grown children. He was raised to the sub-diaconate on Sept. 21, 2016 and ordained to the diaconate on Dec. 2, 2018 by His Grace Bishop Stephen.