Saint Andrew the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church
Pastor:
Rev. George D. Gallaro
Address:
235 Logan Road
Gibsonia, PA 15044
Phone:

Rectory: 724-625-1160
Hall: 724-625-9904
Fax:
724-625-1160
E-mail:
Web site:
n/a
DIVINE LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturdays:
5:00 pm
Sundays:
10:00 am
Holy Days:
7:00 pm
Confessions:
one half hour before all services OR by appointment
GREAT FAST (LENT) SERVICES
Sundays:
Vicariate Schedule
Wednesdays
7:00 pm - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Fridays:
7:00 pm - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
HOLY MYSTERIES (SACRAMENTS)
Baptism/Chrismation/Eucharist:
by appointment with pastor
Reconciliation:
as above, and communal service before Nativity (Christmas) and Pascha (Easter)
Marriage:
by appointment with pastor
Anointing:
by appointment with pastor
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Eastern Christian Formation (ECF):
Sundays
9:00 - 10:00 am
Adult Education:
Sundays
9:00 - 10:00 am
MINISTRIES
Youth:
through Archeparchial Office
SOCIAL/ANNUAL EVENTS
St. Andrew - St. Nicholas Sunday :
December
Halloween Party :
October, for Religious Education students


St. Andrew the Apostle Church was founded November 23, 1975 to serve the spiritual needs of Byzantine Catholics in the greater North Hills area of Pittsburgh.  The Rev. James Spontak was assigned by Metropolitan Stephen Kocisko to found this new mission which began with 25 families.  Its first home was in the former Ascension Lutheran Church on Babcock Boulevard near La Roche College in McCandless Township.  Extensive remodeling and repair was done on the first home to properly prepare it for Byzantine worship.

On June 6, 1976 the mission was officially elevated to the status of parish.  Organizations and committees were formed to promote growth and to examine the future needs of the parish.  In April 1977 the parishioners were informed the lease on their church building had been terminated.  A search for a permanent home began.  One month later the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh gave the parish a five and one-half acre parcel of land in Pine Township. The land was part of a 200 acre farm owned by the Archeparchy.

Groundbreaking for the new building took place at an outdoor Divine Liturgy on July 22, 1979.  With the help of loans from the Knights of Columbus and St. George Church in Aliquippa, Pa., the parish began construction of their new church building in November of 1979.  The first Divine Liturgy in the new edifice was celebrated on November 2, 1980, and the official dedication and blessing of the cornerstone was on June 13, 1982.

St. Andrew's has very active pirohi and nut roll baking programs, which annually provide significant additional financial income to help meet the expenses in operating the parish facilities.

The ECF program provides religious education to the youth of this growing parish family.

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