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Guest Speaker: The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr Topic: The Gospel of St. John as a Paschal Gospel The Byzantine Christian tradition reads the Gospel of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian throughout Pascha-tide. This is no accident. The annual celebration of the Resurrection seems to have originated in the circles around John, […]

Metropolitan William Skurla traveled to St. John Chrysostom Parish in Houston, Texas to lay hands on Deacon Thomas Wells, calling upon Divine Grace and ordaining him to the holy presbyterate on January 18, 2020.  The newly-ordained Fr. Thomas鈥� pastor, Fr. Elias Rafaj, served as first concelebrating priest and received the ordinand into the sanctuary to

On my Ordination to the Subdiaconate By: Michael Kunitz On Sunday morning, December 29th, at my home parish of St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church in Allen Park, Michigan I was ordained a minor cleric at the hands of my Ordinary, Bishop Milan Lach S.J. of the Eparchy of Parma (Ruthenian). I received all three of

A Reflection by Reader Riley Winstead Bishop Nicholas Samra of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton recently called me and fellow-seminarian, Mikhael Naddaf, to the order of reader.  We were ordained to this minor order at our home parish in McLean, Virginia 鈥� Holy Transfiguration 鈥� at evening vespers on Saturday, the 16th of November 2019. The

Openness to God鈥檚 Will at Come and See 2019 By Benjamin Cafeo, Saint Mary Church, Windber, Pennsylvania From November 1st to 3rd, 2019, 16 men came from all over the United States to visit the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh for a discernment retreat accurately titled 鈥淐ome and See.鈥� The

The library of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary is assembling a collection of music and papers from Eastern Catholic cantors and choir directors since the founding of our church in the United States. These collections are being indexed and preserved so that that they can be used for research by scholars as well as preserving our

Where are you from originally? I was born and raised in Pittsburgh Pa. I actually grew up in a suburb called Baldwin Borough and later moved to an area called Elizabeth which is in the southernmost part of Allegheny County. Unlike quite a few people these days, I have never lived anywhere else. What is

The Fall 2019 edition of our newsletter is available to view. You can also visit our archive of previous issues聽which are available in the PDF format.

To our Seminary Constituencies: 黑料不打烊 is receiving an evaluation committee of our accreditors from the Association of Theological Schools in November of this year.  Our goal is to renew our accreditation for the next ten years, which is the longest possible duration for renewal.  In preparation for this important visitation and the

WHO Invited to the 鈥淐ome and See鈥� Weekend of Discovery are men, ages 18 to 35, single or married, who may be considering a vocation to the priesthood in the Byzantine Catholic Church. It is important to note that the retreat is conducted in a 鈥渘o pressure, no hard-sell鈥� environment. The atmosphere is prayerful, positive,