Priest Directory - Archeparchy of PittsburghArcheparchy of Pittsburgh

Father Christopher Andrews, OSB

Irving, TX:
Saint Basil the Great Byzantine Catholic Church

Reverend Monsignor Raymond A. Balta

Johnstown, PA:
St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: rabalta@atlanticbb.net

Reverend Vasyl Banyk

Sykesville, PA:
Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church

DuBois, PA:
Nativity of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: vasylbanyk@gmail.com

Reverend Radko Blichar

Lyndora, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Gibsonia, PA:
Saint Andrew the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: radko.blichar@gmail.com

Reverend Donald M. Bolls

Monroeville, PA:
Church of the Resurrection Byzantine Catholic

Wall, PA:
Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: fatherdonbolls@gmail.com

Reverend Joseph J. Borodach

Bradenville, PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Very Reverend David A. Bosnich

Sheffield, PA:
Saint Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: larocheud@westpa.net

Reverend Jerome G. Botsko

Morgantown, WV:
Holy Protection of the Mother of God

Email: fatherbotsko@gmail.com

Reverend Christopher R. Burke

Brownsville, PA:
Saint Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

New Salem, PA:
Saint Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: frchris53@gmail.com

Very Reverend Andrew J. Deskevich

Munhall, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral

Email: proto@archpitt.org

Reverend Monsignor Russell A. Duker

Pittsburgh, PA:
Holy Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church

Pittsburgh, PA:
Saint Pius X Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: msgrduker@gmail.com

Reverend Regis J. Dusecina

Greensburg, PA:
Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church

Hannastown, PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Reverend Mykhaylo Farynets

Boardman, OH:
Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

Youngstown, OH:
Saint Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: farynec@gmail.com

Very Reverend Frank A. Firko

Pittsburgh, PA:
Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church

McKees Rocks, PA:
Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: ffaf334@verizon.net

Reverend A. Edward Gretchko

Pleasant City, OH:
Saint Michael Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: romkat206@yahoo.com

Reverend Vasyl Kadar

Punxsutawney, PA:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Ernest, PA:
Saint Jude Thaddeus Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: vasylradar@gmail.com

Reverend John Kapitan Jr. OFM

Mingo Junction, OH:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Toronto, OH:
Saint Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: revfrjohn@sbcglobal.net

Very Reverend Richard I. Lambert

Youngstown, OH:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Youngstown, OH:
Saint George Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: RILGinzo@sbcglobal.net

Very Reverend Ronald P. Larko

Uniontown, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Leisenring, PA:
Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: stjohnthebaptistuniontown@gmail.com

Reverend Phillip J. Linden Jr. SSJ

New Orleans, LA:
Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Mission

Email: phillipjlindenjr@gmail.com

Reverend Geoffrey Mackey

Aliquippa, PA:
Saint George Byzantine Catholic Church

Ambridge, PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Reverend Kevin E. Marks

Hermitage, PA:
Saint Michael Byzantine Catholic Church

Campbell, OH:
Saint Michael Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: kevmarks@hotmail.com

Reverend Wesley M. Mash

Homer City, PA:
Saint Mary’s Holy Protection Byzantine Catholic Church

Clymer, PA:
Saint Anne Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: StMaryandStAnne@gmail.com

Reverend Ryan L. McDaniel

Email: rlmcdaniel@gmail.com

Phone: Serving with the United States Military

Reverend Valerian M. Michlik

Upper St. Clair, PA:
Saint Gregory Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: frvalmichlik@yahoo.com

Reverend John J. Mihalco

Erie, PA:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Girard, PA:
Saints Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: eriecountybyzantines@verizon.net

Reverend Ivan Mina

Clairton, PA:
Ascension of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church

Reverend Robert F. Oravetz

Conemaugh, PA:
Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church

Nanty Glo, PA:
St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: byzbob@aol.com

Very Reverend Archpriest John G. Petro

North Huntingdon, PA:
Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: jgpetro7@gmail.com

Very Reverend Vasyl Polyak

Tarentum, PA:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: frvpolyak@gmail.com

Very Reverend Elias L. Rafaj

Houston, TX:
Saint John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church

San Antonio, TX:
Saint Anastasia Byzantine Catholic Community

Email: houstonelias@gmail.com

Reverend James A. Ragan

Clarence, PA:
Dormition of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church

Hawk Run, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: golden15739@gmail.com

Very Reverend R. Joseph Raptosh

Canonsburg, PA:
Saint Michael Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: frj455@hotmail.com

Reverend William Rupp

Beaver, PA:
Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Chapel

, :
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Email: rupp.william@gmail.com

Reverend Ivan Rusyn

Jerome, PA:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Windber, PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: irusyn21@gmail.com

Reverend Thomas G. Schaefer

Pittsburgh, PA:
Saint John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church

Pittsburgh, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: thomas.schaefer@laroche.edu

Reverend Oleh Seremchuk

Scottdale, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Perryopolis, PA:
Saint Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: oleg186@bigmir.net

Reverend David J. Shortt

Email: david.shortt@va.gov

Reverend Paul Alexander Shutt, OSB

Trauger (Latrobe), PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: BlachernaeLeo1@gmail.com

Reverend Simeon B. Sibenik

Warren, OH:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: sibenik.bruce@gmail.com

Very Reverend James A. Spontak

Beaverdale, PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church

Dunlo, PA:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Portage, PA:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: james_armand_spontak@verizon.net

Reverend Vitalii Stashkevych

Munhall, PA:
Saint Elias Byzantine Catholic Church

Braddock, PA:
Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: vivtar85@gmail.com

Reverend Vasyl Symyon

Weirton, WV:
Assumption of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church

Avella, PA:
Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: vasyl.symyon@gmail.com

Reverend Donald J. Voss

McKeesport, PA:
Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church

Reverend Stephen J. Wahal

Donora, PA:
Saint Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church

Monessen, PA:
Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church of the Assumption

Charleroi, PA:
Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church

Email: stmichaelstmary@comcast.net

Reverend Thomas Wells

	November 2020
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1 22nd Sunday After Pentecost 22nd Sunday After Pentecost November 1, 2020 Gal 6:11-18 Lk 16:19-31 See more details Cosmas and Damian Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian Unmercenaries November 1, 2020 The holy unmercenary wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian (303). The holy priest-martyr Theodore Romza, Bishop of Mukachevo, brave defender of the Byzantine Catholic Church, killed by the Soviets A.D. (1947). See more details • •	2 St Akindynos & Others St Akindynos & Others November 2, 2020 SS. Akindynos, Pegasius, Aphdonius, Elpidephorus, and Anempodistus, Martyrs, suffered martyrdom for the Faith in Persia under King Sapor II about A.D. 345. See more details •	3 St. Acepsimas & Others St. Acepsimas & Others November 3, 2020 SS. Acepsimas, Bishop of Hanita in Assyria. Joseph, Presbyter, and Aithalus, Deacon, were imprisoned, tortured, and put to death by King Sapor II of Persia. Renovation of the Church of St. George the Great-Martyr, in Lydia, where his Relics are reposed. See more details •	4 St. Joannicius St. Joannicius November 4, 2020 Our venerable father, Joannicius the Great, a native of Bithynia in Asia Minor. He was in turn a soldier, a solitary hermit near Mt. Olympus, possessed the gift of prophecy and worked miracles. He opposed the Iconoclasts, died at age 94 in A.D. 846. SS. Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and Hermas, Presbyter, were put to death at Myra in Lycia in Asia Minor, Date uncertain. See more details •	5 SS Galaction & Episteme SS Galaction & Episteme November 5, 2020 SS. Galaction and Episteme, a Christian husband and wife who were converted and baptized during a persecution, after which each retired into a monastery. They confessed the Faith at Emessa in the reign of Decius, Emperor. SS. Patrobas, Hermias, Linus, Gaius, and Philologus, from among the 70 Apostles. See more details •	6 St. Paul the Confessor St. Paul the Confessor November 6, 2020 Our holy father, Paul, Archbishop of Constantinople, Confessor, strenuously upheld Catholicism against the Arians, but fell victim to the bigotry of the Emperor Constantius. In banishment he was left without food and was strangled by the Arians with his own Omophorion A.D. 350. See more details •	7 33 Martyrs of Melitene 33 Martyrs of Melitene November 7, 2020 SS. Hieros and Others with him, Armenian Christians, 33 in number, suffered at Melitene under the Emperor Diocletian in the first years of the 4th Century A.D. Our holy father, Lazarus, wonderworker, fasting in the hills of Galilee. See more details •
8 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 23rd Sunday after Pentecost November 8, 2020 Eph 2:4-10 Lk 8:26-39 See more details Archangel Michael & All Angels Archangel Michael & All Angels November 8, 2020 Synaxis of St. Michael the Archangel and all Angels. (Feast from the time of Constantine the Great, Emperor) See more details • •	9 SS Onesiphorus & Pophryius SS Onesiphorus & Pophryius November 9, 2020 SS. Onesiphorus and Porphyrius, Martyrs. Porphyrius was of the household of Onesiphorus spoken of by St. Paul in his 2nd Epistle to Timothy (2:16-18). They preached the Gospel towards the close of the 1st century. Tradition says they were tied to wild horses and torn to pieces. Our venerable mother, Matrona, died in peace A.D. 466, having lived 100 years. Venerable, Theoktista, of Lesbos Island. See more details •	10 St. Erastus & Others St. Erastus & Others November 10, 2020 SS. Erastus, Olympus, Rodeon, Sosipater, Tertius, and Quartus, Apostles. Erastus was converted by St. Paul and one of his helpers (Acts 19:22). Sosipater was a kinsman and disciple of St. Paul (Rom. 16:21). Quartus was a disciple of the Apostles, mentioned by St. Paul (Rom. 16:23). See more details •	11 SS Menas, Victor, & Vincent SS Menas, Victor, & Vincent November 11, 2020 SS. Menas, Victor, and Vincent, Martyrs, suffered martyrdom A.D. 296. St. Stephenida, Martyr, endured death A.D. 213. Our venerable father, Theodore Studite, Confessor, Hegumen-Abbot. He resisted the Iconoclast Emperor at Constantinople, was banished four times, and ended his days in exile, aged 80, A.D. 826. See more details •	12 St. Josaphat St. Josaphat November 12, 2020 St. Josaphat, Priest-Martyr, Archbishop of Polotsk, was the first of the Orientals to be canonized at Rome A.D. 1867. Born at Vladimir, Poland A.D. 1584, at twenty he entered the Order of St. Basil, became a priest and was consecrated Archbishop in Lithuania. By his zeal he effected many conversions. In spite of warning, he visited the parish at Witepsk where the Schismatics cruelly put him to death for the Faith A.D. 1623. Our holy father, John the "Almoner," a native of Cyprus Island, distributed all his possessions among the poor, yet he left seventy churches in Alexandria in place of the seven he found there, during the reign of Emperor Heraclius. He died in Cyprus A.D. 619. Our venerable father, Nilus, lived with the Solitaries of Mt. Sinai; died at Constantinople sometime after A.D. 430. See more details •	13 St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom November 13, 2020 Our holy father, St. John the Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, most famous of both the Greek and the Latin Church and one of the four great Doctors of the Orient, called "Golden-Tongued" because of his eloquence. The Catholic Church honors him as the "Heavenly Patron of Ecclesiastical Orators." He revised St. Basil's Divine Liturgy. He suffered deposition and exile for his firm stand against the dissolute life at the Court of the Emperor Arcadius and Honorius. He died at Comana in Cappadocia, at the age of 62, A.D. 407 (Confer January 27 and 30.) See more details •	14 Philip Apostle Philip Apostle November 14, 2020 1 Cor 4:9-16 Jn 1:43-51 See more details •
15 24th Sunday After Pentecost 24th Sunday After Pentecost November 15, 2020 Eph 2:14-22 Lk 8:41-56 See more details SS Gurias, Samonas, & Habib SS Gurias, Samonas, & Habib November 15, 2020 SS. Gurias, Samonas, and Habib, Martyrs, at Edessa in Syria, were beheaded A.D. 299 under Emperor Diocletian. See more details • •	16 Matthew Apostle - Evangelist Matthew Apostle - Evangelist November 16, 2020 St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. His early Apostolic work was concerned with the Jews for whom he wrote his First Gospel in their own Aramaic tongue. He was martyred in Africa by fire. See more details •	17 St. Gregory St. Gregory November 17, 2020 Our holy father, Gregory, "Taumaturgus," i.e., wonderworker, Bishop in Neocaesarea: died A.D. 270 in the reign of Emperor Aurelian. Tradition states that he was instructed concerning the Holy Trinity by the Theotokos and St. John the Evangelist. See more details •	18 SS Plato & Roman SS Plato & Roman November 18, 2020 SS. Plato and Roman, Martyrs: the former suffered death A.D. 296; the latter A.D. 304. See more details •	19 St. Obadiah St. Obadiah November 19, 2020 St. Obadiah, Prophet, is of the Twelve Minor Prophets, having lived in the ninth century B.C. St. Barlam, Martyr, was a pious peasant who was imprisoned and tortured for the Faith at Antioch A.D. 304, in the persecution under Diocletian and Galerius, Emperors. See more details •	20 St. Gregory the Decapolite St. Gregory the Decapolite November 20, 2020 Our venerable father, Gregory of Decapolis, suffered much in the Iconoclastic persecution underthe Emperor Leo the Armenian. Our holy father, Procius, Archbishop of Constantinople, was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom. He died A.D. 446 in the reign of Theodosius the Younger, Emperor. See more details •	21 Entrance of the Theotokos Entrance of the Theotokos November 21, 2020 Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. (This Feast was introduced in Constantinople about the year A.D. 700.) See more details •
22 25th Sunday After Pentecost 25th Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 Eph 4:1-6 Lk 10:25-37 See more details St. Philemon & Others St. Philemon & Others November 22, 2020 SS. Philemon and Others with him, Apostles, were disciples of St. Paul the Apostle, suffered martyrdom A.D. 68 under the Emperor Nero. St. Cecilia, one of the most famous Virgin-Martyrs; she converted her betrothed and his brother to Christianity. She was seized and suffocated with the stem of a heat bath in her own mansion. She died probably in the reign of Emperor Septimus Severus. See more details • •	23 Amphilochius & Gregory Bishops Amphilochius & Gregory Bishops November 23, 2020 Our holy fathers, Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, and Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum. The former died about A.D. 400, the latter about A.D. 600. See more details •	24 St. Catherine St. Catherine November 24, 2020 St. Catherine, Great Virgin-Martyr, after confessing the Christian Faith, was scourged for a long time with scorpions and suffered martyrdom by beheading A.D. 250 under the tyrant Maximin Daza, Emperor. St. Mercurius, Great Martyr, martyred A.D. 250 during the reign of Decius, Emperor. See more details •	25 SS Clement & Peter SS Clement & Peter November 25, 2020 Our holy father, Clement, Pope of Rome (third after St. Peter the Apostle), was cast into the Black Sea with an anchor around his neck probably A.D. 100 under Trajan, Emperor. Our holy father, Peter, Bishop of Alexandria, put to death by the order of Emperor Mzximin Daza, A.D. 311. See more details •	26 St. Alypius the Stylite St. Alypius the Stylite November 26, 2020 Our venerable father, Alypius, Stylite, who remained on his lofty perch 53 years and attained the age of 118, A.D. 608. Dedication of the Church of St. George in Kiev. See more details •	27 James the Persian Martyr James the Persian Martyr November 27, 2020 St. James the Persian, Great-Martyr, suffered a fearful martyrdom A.D. 421, under the Persian ruler Varanes V. He was progressively cut to pieces, first fingers, then toes, hands, feet, arms, legs were successively cut from his living body, while he praised God in Psalmody. Our venerable father, Palladius See more details •	28 Stephen Venerable Martyr Stephen Venerable Martyr November 28, 2020 St. Stephen, "the Younger." Venerable Martyr suffered martyrdom with Three Hundred and Forty-Three other Christians, victims of the fury of the Iconoclast Emperor Constantine Copronymus A.D. 766. St. Irenarchus, and Seven Women, Martyrs, who suffered death with him A.D. 292. See more details •
29 SS Paramon & Philemon SS Paramon & Philemon November 29, 2020 SS. Paramon and Philemon, martyrs: the former martyred during the reign of Emperor Decius, A.D. 250; the latter under Aurelian, Emperor. Our venerable father, Bessarion. Venerable, Acacius, spoken of in "The Ladder of Perfection." See more details •	30 Andrew Apostle Andrew Apostle November 30, 2020 St. Andrew, the "First-called" Apostle, brother of St. Peter the Prince of the Apostles. He was a disciple of St. John the Baptist. Tradition has it that he was crucified on a cross shaped in the form of an X at Patras in Achiia (Greece) A.D. 60, under the reign of Nero, Emperor. See more details •