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Saint
Pius X
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2336
Brownsville Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15210
Contact Information:
Telephone:
412-881-8344
FAX: 412-884-7504
Email: N/A
Website Address: N/A
Pastor: Msgr. Russel A. Duker
Liturgy
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N/A
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The community
of St. Pius X Byzantine Catholic Church has demonstrated its faith
in many forms over the past forty-five years. Bishop Daniel Ivancho’s
June 17, 1954 Episcopal Proclamation to form a new parish resulted
in the Byzantine Catholic Exarchate of Pittsburgh’s purchase
of the John M. Phillips mansion and five acres of property on
Brownsville Rd. Parishioners are drawn from a wide region of the
Central South Hills of Greater Pittsburgh.
Liturgies were held in the former Philips mansion for the first
four years. During this period, three priests organized and lead
St. Pius’ efforts: Rev. Andrew Pataki (June 27, 1954), Rev.
Michael A. Kushner (February 1, 1955) and Rev. Thomas V. Dolinay
February 1, 1956). On October 19, 1958 the first Liturgy was celebrated
in the newly constructed all-purpose auditorium.
Responsibility for the parish’s development transferred
in 1961 to Rev. Andrew D. Bachkovsky. Since September14, 1964
Rev. Nicholas X. Smiciklas has fostered its growth as pastor.
On December 6, 1973, nineteen years after the parish’s birth
and on the Feast of Nicholas, the first Liturgy in the new church
building was celebrated. The new church provides seating for four
hundred and eleven people. It is graced by a sixty-five foot bell
tower with carillon bells.
Ancient and modern historical references are created throughout
the church to bolster faith and to enhance worship. Mindful that
people learn and express themselves differently, these references
are presented in multiple forms to include cultural artifacts,
national flags, icons and written leaflets. Significant events
and personalities in the history of the Archeparchy and parish
are pictorially displayed in the Corridor of Memories.
In the foyer, The Word of God Shrine honors SS. Cyril and Methodius
and depicts the parish’s ancestral roots with the national
emblems of Subcarpathian-Rus’, Hungary and Croatia, the
1913 appointment of Rev. Soter Ortinsky as the first Byzantine
Catholic Bishop in the United States and the canonization of Pope
Pius X in 1954, the year St. Pius X Church was canonically established.
The Chapel of Remembrance is a shrine to the modern day martyrs,
confessors and witnesses of the Byzantine (Greek) Catholic Church,
namely, Bishops Theodore Romzha, Alexander Chira, Paul Gojdich
and Basil Hopko.
As one leaves the church, The Tree of Life sculpture, a wood and
metal relief entitled Sermon on the Mount, presents itself. It
commemorates some of the Church’s recent events, such as
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras mutually lifting the 1054
excommunication; John Paul II’s ecumenical endeavors and
“firsts” for the Byzantine Catholic Church in America—appointments
of Bishop Takach and Metropolitan Archbishop Kocisko. As a mature
community, St. Pius parish reviews its past with thanksgiving
for all that has been accomplished and prays it serves as an encouragement
to build on these blessings.
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