Saint Michael Byzantine Catholic Church
On June 4, 1905 Father Alexis Pastelyi celebrated the initial Divine Liturgy in Bobby Hall located on Idaho Street, Farrell, Pa. A month later, under Father Alexander Dudinsky’s spiritual leadership, […]
Saint Mary’s Holy Protection Byzantine Catholic Church
In 1918, enough Byzantine Catholics had settled in the area around Homer City that Father Constantine Auroroff was able to organize a parish. Prior to that, they had traveled to […]
St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church
Dedicated to Our Lady of the Patronage, St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Johnstown was founded on October 7, 1895, by Father Hilarion Dzubay. The cornerstone of the first church […]
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church
In 1910 Father Stephen Polyansky was assigned pastor of St. Mary Church in Windber, Pa. He assumed the entire county of Somerset as a parish, serving many surrounding communities including […]
Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church
In 1892 Father Alexander Dzubay came to the Leisenring area from Wilkes-Barre to assist the people in forming a church where they could worship in their Byzantine Catholic tradition. A […]
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church
In the late 1800s, many Carptho-Rusyns immigrated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the coal fields of western Pennsylvania. They brought with them their traditions, customs, and their Catholic faith according to […]
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church
The founders of St. John the Baptist Church were Rusyns from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. They worked in the steel mills of McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh. In 1902 the Standard […]
Saint Elias Byzantine Catholic Church
On May 4, 1905 a convention of Mon (Monongahela) Valley Hungarians met to establish a Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church in Homestead to be named St. Anthony Hungarian Greek Catholic Church. […]
St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church
The congregation of St. Nicholas was founded 1919 in Nanty Glo, under the leadership of Father John Dorohovich. Members were very happy to officially receive their charter on April 26, […]
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral
In 1894, only a scant two years after the infamous and bloody confrontation between striking Homestead millworkers and Pinkerton guards, the Carpatho-Rusyn community in Homestead began to meet and to […]