ICON 001THE ANNUNCIATION
ST. ELIAS · BRAMPTONENHANCED VIEW
✦ A MOMENT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
The Annunciation
Благовіщення
An angel arrives. Mary listens.
A story of wonder, trust, and a willing heart unfolds.
At home? Explore without a camera.
THE ALIVE SERIESDiscover St. Elias ↗
BRAMPTON, ONTARIO
SPIRITALIVE
ST. ELIAS
Step inside the story.
Point your phone at an icon.Discover the meaning within.
Your camera opens only when you enable scanning.
Recognition stays on your device.
THE ST. ELIAS COLLECTION
Every icon holds a story.
Look closer. Listen deeply. Discover the meaning within.
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Find the iconIn the church, or on a second screen.
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Let the story unfoldWatch your animation play over the painting.
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Take a momentDiscover the details. Carry the story with you.
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LOOK CLOSER · 01 / 05
A message of hope
NOTICE THIS
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Watch the animationA quiet, captioned journey through the icon.
In the priest’s own words
A parish recording will bring a personal voice to this story.
THE ANNUNCIATION · LIVE AR
See the icon come alive.
Point your camera at the icon. The animation follows the painting as you move.
ICON RECOGNISED
Hold the whole icon in view.
Include its red and gold border.
The painting will begin to move.
Your camera is off
LOOK FOR THIS ICON
The Annunciation
Use even light and hold steady. Keep the icon visible to watch the eight-second animation repeat.
Open the scan image ↗Tap a numbered marker to discover a detail.
⌁ Recognition happens on your device. Camera images are not recorded or uploaded.
For a home test, open the scan image on a second screen or print it. Turn sound on to hear “Тиха вечірня” while you explore.
Tap a numbered marker to discover a detail.
A MOMENT OF WONDER
The Annunciation,
in motion.
Watch the icon come alive. Tap the numbered markers to discover its meaning, with music and explanations in your chosen language.
Ready to play.
Download video (no music) ↓Explore the icon’s story →Animation and music supplied by Stephan Kozak. The soundtrack is “Тиха вечірня”; it is separate from the planned parish narration.
OUR FIRST CHURCH
A place to return to.
St. Elias the Prophet, Brampton.
A living community of faith, art, and memory.
Spirit Alive begins at the church Stephan Kozak grew up in.
THE ST. ELIAS PILOTRooted in tradition.
Open to everyone.
St. Elias is a Ukrainian Catholic parish in the Byzantine and Kyivan tradition. Founded in 1976, it brings together prayer, iconography, music, and a welcoming community.
This first Spirit Alive experience invites visitors to pause before one icon and discover its story. The next layer will be the parish’s own voice: a priest’s reflection, a remembered detail, a story only this community can tell.
Visit the parish website ↗1976
A parish begins
Founded with Fr. Roman Galadza as its first pastor.
2014
A profound loss
The original wooden temple is destroyed by fire on April 5.
2016
A new beginning
The rebuilt temple is consecrated on October 1.
THE VOICE OF THE PARISH
A story only St. Elias can tell.
Fr. Tom Hrywna is the current pastor. The narration draft is ready for his review and his own additions about this icon’s place in parish life.
An independent RODYNA pilot for discussion with the parish. Parish participation and narration are not yet confirmed. Read the sources.
PILOT WORKSPACE · NARRATION
Make room for a real voice.
A starting script for the priest, with space for the story that belongs to St. Elias.
THE ANNUNCIATION~75–90 SECONDS
Narration draft
For priest review · not an approved parish statement
Optional synthetic read-through; this is not the priest’s voice.
Bring the voice in.
Record a take here, or choose an existing audio file. You can preview it with the icon on this device.
Microphone is off.
Local preview only. Your recording stays in this browser until you download it. Adding it to the shared app is a separate publishing step.
ASK THE PRIEST
What belongs to this place?
- Who painted this icon, and when?
- Where is it placed today, and why?
- Is there a family, donor, or rebuilding story connected to it?
- What should a child or first-time visitor notice?
Add a personal 20–30 second ending in the priest’s own words. Confirm these details before including them as facts.
A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT
Sources & image notes
The story
The story chapters draw on Luke 1:26–38 and traditional Byzantine interpretation. The thread detail belongs to Christian tradition, rather than Luke’s account. All narration is a draft for parish review.
This icon
The original supplied photograph matches the Annunciation shown in the St. Elias online icon gallery. The gallery credits it as “Z Kuchikov.” The preferred spelling of the artist’s name, date, donor, and current location should be confirmed with the parish.
The enhanced view was created with AI and may reinterpret fine details. The original photograph is available in the explorer and is used as a recognition reference. This pilot does not claim the painting survived the 2014 fire.
View the parish’s icon gallery ↗The parish
- Parish history and tradition ↗
- Fr. Tom Hrywna and the clergy ↗
- The original temple and the 2014 fire ↗
- Rebuilt temple consecration, October 1, 2016 ↗
The animation
The eight-second animation and the music track “Тиха вечірня” were supplied by Stephan Kozak. The music plays independently of the video loop, so it continues naturally as the image repeats. It is not presented as a parish recording. The downloadable video has no music. In the live camera view it is fitted to the inner painted scene, keeping the original border and title visible. When tracking is lost, the overlay disappears and playback pauses until the icon is found again. The downloadable video places the animation inside the supplied photograph’s frame.
The opening illustration
The St. Elias drawing is an AI-created interpretation of an exterior photograph on the parish website. It is an artistic introduction, not an architectural record or a render of the Unreal project.
Church photograph reference ↗Your privacy
The camera opens only after you enable it and closes when you leave the scan screen. Image recognition takes place in your browser. Audio recording begins only when you press record; takes are stored locally in this browser, not sent to a server.
Research checked November 4, 2026. A RODYNA prototype by Stephan Kozak.