- Last Updated on Saturday, 30 September 2023 23:37
Popular Ethnic Festival held in Uniontown
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St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Uniontown, PA, located at 201 E. Main Street, is celebrating its annual ethnic festival, the 41st Annual Carpatho-Rusyn Celebration on Sunday, Oct. 29 in the Parish Social Hall. The event will take place from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy for the day will be 10:30 a.m. with some parts in Church Slavonic.
There will be ethnic foods such as holubki, pirohi, halushki, kolbasi and sauerkraut, soup, pagach, baked goods (long rolls, a variety of pastries, cakes, kolachi, breads, and much more). This annual event will feature performances of Rusyn Folk music by “Rusynsky Betjare” starting at 12:30PM and continuing throughout the afternoon. There will be a speaker and/or video presentations on Rusyn cultural aspects such as customs and traditions. The day will include a display of artifacts, authentic costumes, models of Rusyn wooden churches, photographs, and documents. There will be folk art demonstrations such as pysanky, embroidery, iconography, bobbin lace making, as well as a church tour, and children’s activities. Crafts, embroidered Easter basket covers, parish cookbook “Carpathian Cookery” will be for sale, raffles, and more. Subject to change. Father James Fraser is Administrator. Handicapped accessible. Admission is FREE. For more information call 724-438-1382 M-F 9AM-3 PM, (leave message).
NOTE: Please check parish website http://www.stjohnbaptist-byzcath-uniontown.org/ or facebookwww.facebook.com/StJohnByzUniontown or call 724-438-1382 (leave message) the week of the event for a possible changes.
