Pittsburgh Orthodox

05/24/2026

This Summer, use your time and talents to make a difference in communities impacted by natural disasters. Join an Action Team!

No experience required! Training for specific projects will be provided. Learn more and sign up at iocc.org/actionteams

05/22/2026

11/13/2025

Over 160,000 residents of Allegheny County rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families. Because of the pause on government funding, these families will go hungry this month unless we work together to help them now.

You can help fill the SNAP Gap by donating to our feeding programs. Our food pantry, Backpack Feeding Program, and daily community lunches all work together to combat hunger in the community. You can also become a monthly donor and help food insecure families month after month.

To donate to our feeding programs, click here: https://buff.ly/c0PdXYI

To give food through our Amazon Wish List, click here: https://buff.ly/tliTztR?

11/13/2025

11/13/2025

Jacob Sparks bridges campus and parish life as a Campus Missionary with Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) in downtown Atlanta. From Bible studies and reader services to one-on-one mentorship and even an Uber fund to help students get to church, he’s helping young adults encounter Christ in the heart of academic life. In our newest What’s Your Ministry? profile, Jacob shares how his own OCF journey led him to ministry, the challenges of witnessing to Christ on college campuses, and why evangelism often begins with something as simple as going to coffee hour. Read more at the link in the comment section below!

11/07/2025

You CAN fix your board. And it won't even take that long. Here are the 3 steps that can transform your board from "hot mess" to hIgh-functioning.

11/07/2025

Please join us for Part II and Part III of C-RS co-founder and President Emeritus John Righetti’s series ‘The Carpatho-Rusyns: A Complex History, A Distinctive Culture.’ Both lectures will take place at the Carpatho-Rusyn Society Cultural Center at 915 Dickson St in Munhall, Pennsylvania. Register for free by emailing Alexandra Plummer at [email protected]. Additionally, both events will be live streamed, and the Zoom links are included in the presentation descriptions below.

Part II: Unique Carpatho-Rusyn History (Sunday, Nov 2, 2025 02:00 PM Eastern).
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89899334173

Carpatho-Rusyn culture was defined over the 250 years from the founding of the Greek Catholic Church until the creation of Czechoslovakia. Church developments became integral points in the defining of Rusyn culture. The church divisions of the 19-20th centuries not only defined faith but contributed to the incredible divisions religiously and ethnically in the community on both sides of the Atlantic. Add to this the economics of the times and immigration and you have a story of a people struggling to be who they really are!

Part III: Unprecedented Upheaval (Sunday, Nov 9, 2025 02:00 PM Eastern).
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85420498761

No period of Carpatho-Rusyn history saw more upheaval than the 20th century in Europe and America. The creation of Czechoslovakia, WWII, the advent of communism and its fall, and the revival of Rusyn culture created a scenario that positioned the Carpatho-Rusyns for the dramatic rebirth they had and their optimistic future!