Uniontown Pilgrimage 1998 Virtual Tour

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Virtual Tour - 1998 Pilgrimage
Friday, 4 September - Sunday, 6 September 1998

Click here to begin the
1998 Virtual Tour
of the
64th Annual Pilgrimage in honor of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Sisters of St. Basil the Great
Uniontown, PA.

Sister Ruthe Plante, OSBM Provincial
Reverend Michael Jude Wytish, Chaplain

There are 54 slides in the tour.
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Slide 1 - Opening Hierarchical Divine Liturgy
Slide 2 - Fr. David Petras give the Holy Mysteries to a pilgrim.
Slide 3 - Procession of the Sisters of St. Basil the Great
Slide 4 - Procession after the Opening Divine Liturgy
Slide 5 - Procession after the Opening Divine Liturgy
Slide 6 - His Eminence, Metropolitan Judson, in procession
Slide 7 - Metropolitan Judson blesses the pilgrims with holy water.
Slide 8 - Metropolitan Judson blesses the pilgrims with holy water.
Slide 9 - Sister Ruth Plante, OSBM, welcomes pilgrims
Slide 10 - Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Slide 11 - Gethesemane Grotto
Slide 12 - Monks from Holy Trinity Monastery in procession.
Slide 13 - Fr. Joe Loya blesses pilgrims arriving from Manville, NJ
Slide 14 - A priest blesses pilgrims arriving from Endicott, NY
Slide 15 - Brothers Basil and Moses from Holy Resurrection Monastery.
Slide 16 - Pilgrims from West Virginia and Ohio
Slide 17 - Sister Marion Dobos, OSB, oversees the Children's Pilgrimage
Slide 18 - Fr. Michael Kochis, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Church
Slide 19 - Pilgrims from St. Petersburg, Florida
Slide 20 - Ushers from McKeesport, PA and Uniontown, PA
Slide 21 - Pilgrim Joe Prokopchak of Glassport, PA
Slide 22 - Pilgrims approach for the Mystery of Reconciliation
Slide 23 - Pilgrim from Maryland carries the Icon
Slide 24 - Long time Pilgrimage workers pause for a brief rest
Slide 25 - Crucifixion Grotto
Slide 26 - Medonicki Stand
Slide 27 - First Aid Station
Slide 28 - Icon Shop
Slide 29 - Religious Article Shop
Slide 30 - Byzan-TEEN Spirit Banner
Slide 31 - Another bus of Pilgrims arrives
Slide 32 - Pilgrim from Indiana
Slide 33 - Shrine Altar
Slide 34 - Pilgrims process to Mt. Macrina Cemetery
Slide 35 - Pilgrims process to Mt. Macrina Cemetery
Slide 36 - Pilgrims process to Mt. Macrina Cemetery
Slide 37 - The Service of Ground-breaking for the new mausoleum.
Slide 38 - The Service of Ground-breaking for the new mausoleum.
Slide 39 - Sister Ruthe Plante, OSBM, breaks ground
Slide 40 - Distant photo of the Hierarchs
Slide 41 - The Church gathers to pray the Divine Liturgy
Slide 42 - Candelight Procession
Slide 43 - Candelight Procession
Slide 44 - The Church sings the Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos
Slide 45 - Metropolitan Judson leads the Children's Procession
Slide 46 - Metropolitan Judson and priests bless the children
Slide 47 - Photo of parents and children gathering before liturgy.
Slide 48 - Pilgrims from McKeesport, PA
Slide 49 - The Church prays the Divine Liturgy
Slide 50 - Pilgrims from Pennsylvania
Slide 51 - Sunday Evening Candelight Procession
Slide 52 - Sunday Evening Candelight Procession
Slide 53 - Sunday Evening Candelight Procession
Slide 54 - Sunday Evening Candelight Procession

Photos by Joe Prokopchak.

Sisters of St. Basil the Great - 500 W. Main Street - Box 878 - Uniontown, PA 15401
Phone: +1-724-439-4940 - Fax: +1-724-438-8660