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Events for Youth and Young Adults – July-August 2025 updates

Take the Plunge 2025 – A ByzanTeen Splash Bash & More! Event for teens aged 12-17 July 26, 2025 Register by July 21 here: https://forms.gle/9Nx4H87RpitXtSDT8 The registration fee is $25, which includes lunch and all activities. Poster: Take-the-Plunge-2025-ByzanTeen-Splash-Bash-More.png 9:30 am Registration at Saint Nicholas of Myra … Continue reading →

Pope Leo XIV

Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla meets Pope Leo XIV during a May 14 audience in Rome.   First American elected pope: Cardinal Prevost takes name Leo XIV

Cemetery Cleanup scheduled for May 24

Click image to enlarge The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, The Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh invites YOUNG ADULTS (18-39 y.o., single, married), TEENS (12-17 y.o.), and THEIR PARENTS to come and join us in SERVICE and PRAYER! What? Cemetery Cleanup  Where? St. John the Baptist Byzantine … Continue reading →

Pope Francis Remembered

By Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla, D. D.   I will fly to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis.  It seems like yesterday that I flew to Rome for the start of his papacy on March 13, 2013.  From … Continue reading →

2025 Paschal Message

Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Christos Voskrese! Voistinnu Voskrese! May the blessing of the Risen Lord bless you and your families during this Easter Season! Easter is time of joy. The scent of … Continue reading →