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God's Peace and Blessings to all! I am hopefully going to visit the USA in September, and I was looking for opinions on any interesting or worthwhile Eastern Catholic and Orthodox sites to visit while I am there.
I want to make the best of my few weeks, since there is hardly anything here where I live. I'll probably be in the East Coast, but I might be able to travel around.
God bless! Please say a prayer for me, poor sinner.
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Depends, of course, on what it is you're after. A bit out of the way, but well worth the effort, is Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, New York. In New York City itself one finds Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral at 15 East 97th street, Our Lady of the Sign Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Park Avenue at 92nd or 93 street - the cathedral itself is beautiful, but the downstairs chapel of Saint Sergius is the true gem - and they run an excellent bookstore. In Crestwood, New York (about 30 minutes by train from the city) is Saint Vladimir's Seminary, also with a good bookstore.
Best Greek-Catholic Divine Liturgy anywhere in the New York area is Saint Michael's Russian Catholic Church on Mulberry Street - check their web site for time and exact location.
If you have time to visit the coal regions of eastern Pennsylvania, the very old Greek-Catholic Churches are well worth a look. Get out of the cities and into the mining villages - and be prepared for trouble in finding someone with the keys to the Churches.
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We welcome you to the United States and invite you to Northeastern Pennsylvania. Feel free to reach us so that we can show you around.
Our region is certainly well blessed - the Scranton Pennsylvania area has some of the most magnificent Eastern Christian churches, all with very interesting histories:
Scranton - St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic; St. Mary Byzantine Catholic; St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox; St. Joseph Melkite Catholic; Annunciation Greek Orthodox; SS. Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox; St. Ann Maronite Catholic; St. Nicholas Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox; St. John Byzantine Catholic.
Olyphant/Jessup/Jermyn/Mayfield/Simpson - SS. Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Cathoilc; All Saints Russian Orthodox; Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic; St. John Russian Orthodox; SS.Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic.
Taylor/Old Forge - St. George Carpatho-Rusyn; St. Michael Russian Orthodox; St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic.
Etc., etc., etc., etc.
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St. George Carpatho Rusyn Church in Taylor PA is Orthodox.
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Originally posted by incognitus:
Depends, of course, on what it is you're after. A bit out of the way, but well worth the effort, is Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, New York. In New York City itself one finds Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral at 15 East 97th street, Our Lady of the Sign Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Park Avenue at 92nd or 93 street - the cathedral itself is beautiful, but the downstairs chapel of Saint Sergius is the true gem - and they run an excellent bookstore. In Crestwood, New York (about 30 minutes by train from the city) is Saint Vladimir's Seminary, also with a good bookstore.
Best Greek-Catholic Divine Liturgy anywhere in the New York area is Saint Michael's Russian Catholic Church on Mulberry Street - check their web site for time and exact location.
If you have time to visit the coal regions of eastern Pennsylvania, the very old Greek-Catholic Churches are well worth a look. Get out of the cities and into the mining villages - and be prepared for trouble in finding someone with the keys to the Churches.
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Incognitus as a Russian Catholic in association with St. Michael's, I surely appreciate that blurb!  Much Love, Jonn
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Where to start...If for some miracle you do make it to the West Coast the Russian cathedral in San Fransisco is lovely and has the relics of St. John of Shanghai. The Russian Catholic parish at Our Lady of Fatima in SF is also quite nice. You can find the Liturgy schedule of both St. Michael's and OLF on the web: http://stmichaelruscath.org/ and http://www.byzantinecatholic.org/ A trip to see Fr. Romanos and St. Michael's would be well worth it. St. Vladimir's Seminary and bookstore is also in Crestwood, NY. St. Tikhon's is in South Canaan, PA if you are in that area. FDD
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If you can make it to Cleveland,Ohio, St.Theodosius cathedral is a must see. Probably the most ornate Eastern church in the Cleveland area. (OCA by the way) There is also Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic, Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic, St. George Antiochian Orthodox, Annunciation Greek Orthodox. All are within a few blocks of each other. Many others in the suburbs, especially Parma only about 10-15 minutes away. P.S. I'm doing my own tour of churches in western Pa in a few weeks. Seen quite a few the last two years ,but still more to see. Have fun...
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St. George Ukrainian-Greek Catholic church in NYC http://www.brama.com/stgeorge/
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Also in New York City do visit Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral on 74th Street in Manhattan. It is strikingly beautiful.
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In Tarpon Springs, FL, we have the beautiful Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Myra, and a very special, unique and holy shrine to St. Michael the Archangel which contains a miraculous icon of St. Michael the Archangel.
The icon of St. Michael the Archangel is originally from Mt. Athos. Some years, on the feast day of St. Michael, you can hears the bells of the monastery in Mt. Athos ringing from the icon.
Many have been healed, who visit the shrine.
In the cathedral of St. Nicholas, the icon of St. Nicholas was a weeping icon. Many miracles have occurred also.
Welcome to the US.
In Christ,
Michael
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Tarpon Springs is also the sight of a most splendid Great Blessing of Waters on Theophany (new calendar, I regret to say) - if you ever have the opportunity to be there for the occasion, don't miss it!
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In St. Augustine, FL there is a beautiful little shrine in the old Spanish Quarter. (St. George Street, to be exact.) It is St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, commemorating the early Greek settlers to the New World. I always make it a point to stop there whenever I take a trip to the Ancient City.
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Visit Holy Trinity Monastery in Butler, PA. (About 60 miles north of Pittsburgh). They have a shrine to St. Nicholas there and a great bookstore!
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