Saint Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Pastor:
Rev. Jerome G. Botsko
Address:
302 Third Avenue
Brownsville, PA 15417
Phone:

724-785-7573
Fax:
724-785-4649
E-mail:
n/a
Web site:
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DIVINE LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturdays:
7:00 pm
Sundays:
8:30 am
Holy Days:
9:00 am
7:00 pm
Confessions:
before Liturgy
GREAT FAST (LENT) SERVICES
Fridays:
7:00 pm - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
HOLY MYSTERIES (SACRAMENTS)
Baptism/Chrismation/Eucharist:
contact pastor for arrangements
Reconciliation:
contact pastor for arrangements
Marriage:
contact pastor for arrangements
Anointing:
as requested
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Eastern Christian Formation (ECF):
Sundays
9:30 - 10:30 am
SOCIAL/ANNUAL EVENTS
Parish Bazaar/Festival:
Held in late September
St. Nicholas Dinner:
December
Mothers' Day / Fathers' Day:
Dinners held annually
Rummage Sale :
Held annually


Organized in 1911 by immigrants from Subcarpathian Rus' and Hungary, St. Nicholas Church stands as a monument to their deep spirituality. The church building is almost cathedral-size and offers an appropriate place in which to thank and to praise God in their beloved Byzantine Catholic tradition.

After organization in 1911, services were temporarily held in a neighbor church, the First Hungarian Presbyterian Church. The first pastor was Rev. Constantine Roskovics. A basement church was finally constructed and dedicated on February 22, 1913. As funds became available, an upper church was built and dedicated on July 4, 1918. The parish celebrated the burning of the mortgages on October 10, 1948 with Bishop Daniel Ivancho.

Artistically beautiful stained glass windows grace the church today as reminders of donations from parishioners who emigrated from the Subcarpathian counties of Bereg, Saris, Ungvar and Zemplin and from Hungary. Since 1971 a unique glass icon screen complements the outstanding glass windows.

The humble and hard-working families of the parish will be ever gratefully remembered for they sacrificed their savings as loans to the parish to accomplish the building of the church, rectory and the purchase of a church cemetery.

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