Byzantine Catholic Churches in America: News of the East

Byzantine Catholic Church in America: News of the East

Byzantine Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Metropolitan Judson calls for faithful to enter "the new Christian millennium as an American Byzantine Catholic Church."

Photos by Ted Kutzlo, Woodbridge, VA

Metropolitan JUDSON, Father Deacon Valerian and servers during the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 3rd at the convention center in Pittsburgh.

Photo by Ted Kutzlo, Woodbridge, VA

Pittsburgh -- Over 3,000 people joined together in prayerful celebration of the 75h Anniversary of establishment of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Excharate of Pittsburgh on Sunday, October 3rd, 1999 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Concelebrating hierarchs included almost all Byzantine Catholic hierarchs from the United States and Europe along with approximately 40 Roman Catholic bishops. Also in attendance were hierarchs of other Orthodox Churches as well as those of various Christian denominations.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette News Stories:

Byzantine Catholic Archdiocese marks 75th Anniversary (Monday, October 4, 1999 by Ann Rodgers-Melnick, Post-Gazette Staff Writer)
Editorial: Byzantine blessings - The area's Eastern Catholics celebrate 75 years (Saturday, October 09, 1999)
Married men can become priests in U.S. Byzantine Catholic Church (Saturday, October 2, 1999 by Ann Rodgers-Melnick, Post-Gazette Staff Writer)
On Art: Byzantine Catholic tradition celebrated (Friday, October 1, 1999 by Mary Thomas, Post-Gazette Art Critic)

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