The distinctive domes and steeples of Eastern Churches grace and occasionally define the skylines of several Monongahela river towns in Western Pennsylvania. Brownsville's St. Nicholas church was founded in 1911 through the initiative of Emil Sarady and Nicholas Pachuta, two upwardly mobile Rusyn immigrants who were active in real estate rather than the neighboring coal mines of Fayette County. The first wedding performed at the parish was between Andrew Illyasevich and Anna Adamov, both from Orlov in Šariš County. Most of its founders came from Transcarpathia. In it early years, St. Nicholas had a membership of almost 2,000 living in a 30-mile radius. It was the mother church of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (OCA), across the river in West Brownsville, founded in 1915. To mark it centennial St. Nicholas' published a very attractive commemorative journal, which contains photographs of its sumptuous stained glass windows which date from 1917-1920 and a list of founders which which will be of genealogical interest. In its centennial year St. Nicholas retains its cathedral-like splendor. Mnohaja L'ita!

Congratulations and may God grant many years to the parishioners of St Nicholas