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Guest Presentation

"Rusyn Immigrant Church Life: The View from the local Parish Historian"

Rusyn church life as chronicled by local parish historians provides a rich body of photography, insight and perspectives which are not available in general works on Byzantine Catholicism and Orthodoxy in America.    As these parishes are closed or face other forms of decline, the estimated 600 published Rusyn parish histories represent a precious record which should be studied, appreciated and treasured.  C-RS N.C. Chapter Board Member John Schweich, who has been collecting these histories since 1972, will provide some comments on Rusyn immigrant religious developments drawn principally from a group of largely anonymous parish chroniclers.

Saturday, June 24, 2006 – 2:00 P.M.

McLean Governmental Center

Community Room

1437 Balls Hill Road

McLean, Virginia 22101

Reservations, though not required, are requested for event planning.

RSVP with the number in your party by 12 Noon on Friday, June 23, 2006,