Nativity of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church
Nativity of the Mother of God Church was organized in 1910 by a group of Byzantine Catholic faithful. For the first sixty years of its existence, the spiritual needs of […]
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church
SS. Peter and Paul Church had its origin from the former St. Nicholas Church in Duquesne. The first Byzantine Catholic church in Western Pennsylvania, it was founded and erected in […]
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church
Immigrant Byzantine Catholics began to settle in the three-state area on the shores of Lake Erie around 1885. Some of these unskilled individuals did farm work, while others found employment […]
Saint Jude Thaddeus Byzantine Catholic Church
In 1949 Rev. John Bajcura received permission to build two mission churches from Saint Mary in Homer City, Pa. Holy Cross Church was built in Coal Run and Saint Jude Thaddeus […]
Saints Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Church
The founding of SS. Cyril & Methodius Parish dates back to the years immediately following World War I. During that time, many of the industrial areas were experiencing labor unrest […]
Saint Andrew the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church
St. Andrew the Apostle Church was founded November 23, 1975 to serve the spiritual needs of Byzantine Catholics in the greater North Hills area of Pittsburgh. Father James Spontak was […]
Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church
In 1955 local Byzantine Catholic families in the Greensburg, Pa. area were surveyed regarding the establishment of a Byzantine Catholic parish there. The results of the poll were favorable enough […]
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church
As immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire migrated to the coal fields of Pennsylvania, many settled in Hannastown, the seat of government in Westmoreland County. A great desire, love and loyalty […]
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church
St. Mary parish was unofficially founded in 1921 in the old Marsh General Store on the corner of Sunshine Road and Church Street in Herminie, Pa. It was incorporated on […]
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church
The Byzantine Catholic community of Hawk Run, Pa., originated from Central Europe as part of the great emigration beginning before 1900. Most of the immigrants came from a part of […]