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Update on AmazonSmile Grateful for the many, many people who over the past nearly-ten years have supported聽B.C.S. through AmazonSmile, Amazon has announced their plan to wind down AmazonSmile by February 20, 2023. They will continue to pursue and invest in other areas where they think they can make meaningful change. To help charities that have […]

Eternal Memory. Blessed Repose. Very Reverend Archpriest John G. Petro 1942-2022 Ordained priest 1968 Rector of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary 1995-2012 The recent falling asleep in the Lord of this Seminary鈥檚 longest-serving rector, the Very Reverend Archpriest John G. Petro, became an opportunity for us to reflect not so much on death, but rather on

Come and See 2022: A Strong Sign of Hope By Subdeacon Abraham BarahmehSaint Basil Melkite Church; Utica, New York聽For many years I have been discerning the Holy Priesthood. But only recently, in my senior year of high school in 2020, did I take my faith and discernment seriously. Last year (2021), my spiritual father, V.

Minor Orders Conferred at the Cathedral The B.C.S. community was thrilled to witness the conferral of minor orders on nine of its students at the Byzantine Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania on Saturday, 15 October 2022.聽 The Cathedral was filled with family and friends of the ordinands as Archbishop William

Academic Dean presents St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Faculty Seminar The Academic Dean of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Fr. Christiaan Kappes, was invited by the Academic Dean of St. Vladimir鈥檚 Orthodox Theological Seminary to present to the theological faculty and select students of St. Vlad鈥檚.  The virtual seminar took place

Eastern Churches Journal Ss. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary (B.C.S.), following its re-accreditation by A.T.S. in 2020, is gearing up to make even greater contributions to the life of the Church in the ensuing decade. In the office of the Academic Dean, responsible for intellectual formation at B.C.S., one of the first major projects

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

Faculty Spotlight: Fr. Ron Barusefski Where are you from originally? I am originally from Jessup, Pennsylvania, a small “coal town” outside of Scranton. What is your area of research and teaching? I just received my doctorate in Canon Law and served on the faculty of the Pontifical North American College in Rome.  There I was a seminary

On Friday, May 20th, the Washington Theological Consortium hosted an ecumenical dialogue in response to the Ukrainian crisis entitled 鈥楨cumenism as a Peace Movement: the Case of Ukraine,鈥� with particular attention on the role of the Ukrainian Catholic as well as Ukrainian Orthodox churches. Byzantine Catholic Seminary Director of Information Services Sandra Collins, PhD, served