Note: Mailing Address differs from Meeting Place. Mailing Address: 24 Fulton Street P.O. Box 2 Hawk Run, PA 16840-0002 Meeting Place: Meditation Chapel Pasquerilla Spirituality Center Penn State University Main Campus

The Byzantine Catholic Community in State College is named after St. Basil the Great. We meet in the basement of a Mennonite church. Note: Mailing Address differs from Meeting Place. Mailing Address: 24 Fulton Street P.O. Box 2 Hawk Run, … Continue reading →

With the rise in population in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh during the 1960s, Archbishop Stephen Kocisko recognized the need to create a parish to serve Byzantine Catholics in that geographic area. On September 7, 1969, 120 persons attended a … Continue reading →

During the first decade of the twentieth century, immigrants from Carpatho-Ruthenia, a small portion of the vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, began to settle in the Oakland section of the City of Pittsburgh. Leaving their Carpathian homeland in Central Europe, these pioneer … Continue reading →

On April 12, 1907 the faithful filed a petition with Bishop Regis Canevin, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, for permission to establish a parish. Upon approval they decided to purchase eight lots on which the church and rectory are … Continue reading →

St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church was founded in 1905; construction for the new church began the same year. When it was dedicated on October 7, 1906 the parishioners walked around the building, kissing the walls and shedding tears … Continue reading →

The new church building served the growing congregation until it was razed in 1963. It was replaced by the present church, built on the same site and dedicated on June 21, 1964. The original congregation was primarily of Rusyn extraction, … Continue reading →

St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church of the Assumption had its inception in 1902, under the leadership of Father Eugene Homicko. Early worship was held in the First National Bank building and also in St. Leonard Roman Catholic Church. A small … Continue reading →

St. Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church was organized in May 1903, with the first resident pastor arriving in September of the same year. The first liturgical services were conducted in a frame dwelling, House #143-144, situated in Buffington, Pa. In … Continue reading →

In 1997, the parish family of St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church festively celebrated 25 Years of Proclaiming the Lord. Attempting to meet the ever-increasing spiritual and pastoral needs of Byzantine Catholics as they moved to the suburban areas of Pittsburgh, … Continue reading →