NEPA: The Keystone of Carpatho-Rusyn American History (2): Churches, Schools, etc.

The presentation continues with a look at these Rusyn milestones achieved in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”

• Churches
• Schools
• Choirs
• Bands
• Monastery
• Cemeteries

Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Churches

Shenandoah (1884);
the first Greek Catholic priest in the U.S. serving Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants, the Galician Ukrainian Father Ivan Voljans'kyj (at left) who helped establish the Shenandoah parish and most of the other parishes over the next four years

Freeland (1886)

Kingston (1887)

Wilkes-Barre (1888)

Olyphant (1888)

Mayfield (1891), Mount Carmel (1891)

First Rusyn Orthodox Churches in Pennsylvania

Father (now Saint) Alexis Toth - first Rusyn priest to become Orthodox, came to Wilkes-Barre in 1893 and ministered extensively in NEPA

Wilkes-Barre (1893/1900)

Scranton (1897)

Old Forge (founded 1891, became Orthodox 1896)

Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Schools

Freeland

Olyphant

Mount Carmel

Saint Clair

Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Choirs

Hazleton (St. John parish)

Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Bands

Shamokin

Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Orthodox Monastery

St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery, South Canaan (1905)

Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”:Cemeteries

St. Michael Cemetery, Shenandoah

St. Mary Cemetery, Kingston (Courtdale)

Transfiguration Cemetery, Shamokin

St. Mary Cemetery, Mahanoy City

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