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
Original material is © by the author, Richard D. Custer; all rights reserved.
Hi Rich - thank you for all of your work on bringing our history to life! I know this is an old post but do you happen to know the source of or details related to the picture from Hazleton? I ran across it tonight and it caught my eye tonight as I think I have pictures from the same location (different context). The gentleman in the middle with the mustache - I believe I may have an earlier photo of him with some children in a field and one of the children is my grandfather. He caught my eye - as well as the steps and the siding of the building. The photo I have is from my father who is long passed - as is all of his family. I have no one to confirm details. But if this is St Joe’s in Hazleton it would make me want to get that identified and to the historical society or something. I would estimate the photo I have is 1915-1920 based on the age of my grandfather in the photo. My family settled in Hazleton and were long time members of St Joe’s.
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