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
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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 |
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Freeland (1886) |
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Kingston (1887) |
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Wilkes-Barre (1888) |
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Olyphant (1888) |
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Mayfield (1891), Mount Carmel (1891) |
First Rusyn Orthodox Churches in Pennsylvania
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Father (now Saint) Alexis Toth - first Rusyn priest to become Orthodox, came to Wilkes-Barre in 1893 and ministered extensively in NEPA |
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Wilkes-Barre (1893/1900) |
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Scranton (1897) |
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Old Forge (founded 1891, became Orthodox 1896) |
Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Schools
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Freeland |
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Olyphant |
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Mount Carmel |
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Saint Clair |
Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Choirs
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Hazleton (St. John parish) |
Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Bands
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Shamokin |
Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”: Orthodox Monastery
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St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery, South Canaan (1905) |
Carpatho-Rusyn “Firsts”:Cemeteries
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St. Michael Cemetery, Shenandoah |
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St. Mary Cemetery, Kingston (Courtdale) |
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Transfiguration Cemetery, Shamokin |
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St. Mary Cemetery, Mahanoy City |
Continue to Part 3: Fraternals, Newspapers, Businesses
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