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St. Nicholas in Brookside, Ala., is part of the Moscow Patriarchate.
I have checked lists of Ruthenian Greek Catholic parishes from 1921 and 1942, and there were none in Alabama. There were no missions, either.
If it was originally Greek Catholic and the church was founded in 1896 as that article says, it would have become Orthodox before 1921, so it's doubtful that anyone would be left with an attachment to the Catholic Church.
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There was another Russian Orthodox Church in Stuttgart,Arkansas, also under the Moscow Patriarchate, but that church has been defunct for many years(I tried to find it in 1981 when driving through that town).I believe that parish was probably also Slovak, since there was a Slovak colony in that area of Arkansas.That Slovak colony came from Pennsylvania or so I've read.In Texas, where I lived and served for six years, there is a signifigant Czech presence, but I never heard of any connection between them and the Slovaks in Arkansas, nor of any Orthodox or Byzantine Catholics among them.
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Originally posted by Fr. Al:
In Texas, where I lived and served for six years, there is a signifigant Czech presence, but I never heard of any connection between them and the Slovaks in Arkansas, nor of any Orthodox or Byzantine Catholics among them. Father Al, I remember traveling through a number of small towns in TX during my time there in the Army, almost 40 years ago, where one would indeed encounter whole communities which were Czech, Slovak, or Polish in origin. As you say, there weren't any EO or EC churches; more commonly, a Latin RC national church would be either side-by-side or across from a National Catholic Church, both of the appropriate ethnic variety. Many years, Neil, fondly remembering some delicacies from bakeries in these little hamlets 
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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Originally posted by Fr. Al:
There was another Russian Orthodox Church in Stuttgart, Arkansas, also under the Moscow Patriarchate, but that church has been defunct for many years. (I tried to find it in 1981 when driving through that town). I believe that parish was probably also Slovak, since there was a Slovak colony in that area of Arkansas. That Slovak colony came from Pennsylvania or so I've read. Father Al, Not only was there a Slovak colony, they founded the town of Slovak. Here's some history on Slovak (where the local RC church is dedicated to Saints Cyril & Methodius) and on the RO church in Stuttgart. Central Europeans Flee From Empire - Establish Slovak [oldstatehouse.com] There are both Czech National and RO cemeteries in Slovak, where a sign outside the general store once read Pratelski Lude ve Slovakton. For a bit of Slovak's history, see Prairie County\'s history page [ rootsweb.com] and scoll a bit more than 3/4th of the way down the page. Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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