Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Parish in Seattle (Washington)

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Parish in Seattle, Washington, is the vibrant spiritual sanctuary, cultural hearth, and humanitarian anchor for Ukrainian-Americans throughout the Puget Sound metropolitan area and the Pacific Northwest. Located at 1805 38th Avenue in Seattle’s historic Madrona neighborhood, the parish belongs to the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA under the canonical omophorion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, providing sacred worship, vital refugee resettlement care, and frontline charitable relief for Ukraine.

Orthodox Witness on Puget Sound

As the Ukrainian community in the Pacific Northwest expanded through technology, maritime trade, and subsequent waves of immigration, the need for a dedicated Ukrainian Orthodox house of worship in the city of Seattle became urgent. Organized under the patronal blessing of the Most Holy and Life-Giving Trinity, the parish established regular liturgical cycles in Madrona, bringing together generations of diaspora families alongside newly arriving immigrants.

In May 2018, during the great feast of Pentecost, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel conducted an official archpastoral visitation to Seattle, celebrating the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and leading the solemn Consecration of Land and Cross for the construction of a permanent Ukrainian Orthodox church temple and cultural center, forever sanctifying the soil of Washington State with holy water, prayers, and liturgical incense.

Prestigious Civic Commendation: FBI Director’s Award

A distinguished milestone of national recognition took place in May 2023, when parish rector Very Rev. Father Andriy Matlak was formally presented with the prestigious FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award by FBI Director Christopher Wray at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. Joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Antony, Archbishop Daniel, Dobrodiyka Nadia Matlak, and Seattle parish delegates, Father Andriy was honored for his extraordinary leadership in protecting vulnerable Ukrainian refugees, countering human trafficking networks, and coordinating massive humanitarian assistance.

This rare federal commendation highlighted the parish’s pivotal role not merely as a house of prayer, but as a fearless guardian of human dignity, civic safety, and immigrant protection throughout the state of Washington.

Frontline Humanitarian Mission & Refugee Resettlement

Since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Holy Trinity Parish has served as one of the premier humanitarian aid coordinators on the American West Coast. In close collaboration with regional civic organizations, local parishes, and the UOC of the USA Consistory Relief Fund, the Seattle parish has dispatched shipping containers filled with critical battlefield medical trauma packs, burn dressings, tactical emergency equipment, and pediatric humanitarian supplies to Ukrainian frontlines and regional hospitals.

Concurrently, Holy Trinity operates an extensive refugee integration initiative in King County, providing newly arrived Ukrainian families with legal orientation, housing assistance, ESL classes, and warm spiritual fellowship.

Chronological Milestones of Holy Trinity Parish

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