From the wooden Ukranian church of St. Elias, to a 24,000-piece stone Hindu temple, to the hot concrete brutalism of the Noor Centre, a survey in photos of the GTA's most intriguing holy places
Open this photo in gallery: St. Elias Church, a large wooden Ukrainian church in Brampton. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Ilya Galadza, a cantor and bell ringer at St. Elias Church. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Inside St. Elias Church, a large wooden Ukrainian church in Brampton. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Cupola, St. Elias Church, a large wooden Ukrainian church in Brampton. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The Metropolitan United Church in Toronto. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Carillonneur Gerald W. Martindale plays the carillon in The Metropolitan United Church. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Some of the fifty-four bells in the The Metropolitan United Church. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: One of the fifty-four bells in the The Metropolitan United Church. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is Canada's first traditionally hand-carved Hindu place of worship built in a Vedic tradition. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is Canada's first traditionally hand-carved Hindu place of worship built in a Vedic tradition. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The Noor Cultural Centre is housed in the former Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The Noor Cultural Centre, with clean lines, wooden lattice work and large stone architectural designs in Toronto. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The Noor Cultural Centre, with clean lines, wooden lattice work and large stone architectural designs in Toronto. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: St. Anne's Church, which is unique for its Byzantine-style dome and Group of Seven paintings featured throughout the church. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: St. Anne's Church at 270 Gladstone Ave. in Toronto. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The Ascension by H.S. Stansfield in St. Anne's Church. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The Minsker Shul, Kensington Market. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Inside the Minsker Shul, including the art deco chandelier. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: The art deco chandelier, Minsker Shul. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Exterior, Minsker Shul. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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