Still today, some older Pennsylvania towns are marked by a pair of churches, each with its onion dome and Slavic-style crosses: one is Orthodox, the other Byzantine Catholic. The Byzan­tine Catholic ...

WILKES-BARRE — From the end of the Nesbitt Boat Launch, the Rev. Mykhaylo Prodanets tossed a large cross sculpted from ice into the Susquehanna River on Sunday. As he threw both the cross and a ...

Cross explained that the tiny Russian Byzantine Catholic Church was formed by Russian Orthodox who saw the pope, the bishop of Rome, as an essential element for the fullness of orthodoxy.

On the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Pope Francis celebrated the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and called Christianity without the Cross worldly and sterile. “Crucifixes are found all ...

Every Catholic should experience the Great and Holy Friday Burial Vespers in the Byzantine tradition at least once in their lives. The Epitaphios (photo: Public Domain) Robert Klesko Blogs April ...

In February, the Vatican announced that synod organizers invited 300 parish priests from around the world to meet in Rome from April 28 to May 2 in an effort to shape synodal discussions.

HOLY GHOST BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH (ded. 1910) blends features of both Byzantine and Romanesque style architecture reflecting its dual religious heritage. Designed by architects M. E. Wells and ...

Their first church was a building they bought for $335 from Holy Cross Church, a nearby Catholic Church. Their first priest, Father Eugene Volkay, was married. This year, the parishioners of St. John ...

SHENANDOAH – The tradition in Byzantine Catholic churches of offering healing prayer and anointing was held Wednesday at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in the borough. The administerin… ...

JOHN BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH was the first Byzantine (or Greek) Catholic parish established in Cleveland. It was founded in 1892 by a group of Byzantine Catholic families with the approval of the ...