St. John of the Desert Melkite Church"You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the priests. (Saint John Chrysostom, De incomprehensibili 3, 6: PG 48, 725)

Byzantine Catholic parishes tend to be fairly small – usually somewhere between 100 - 1,000 people. One advantage of smaller parishes is that everyone generally knows everyone else. If you’re a parishioner and you miss a Sunday no one will probably say anything. But if you miss two Sundays in a row it is highly likely that your phone will start ringing with calls from other parishioners asking if you’re OK.

The following links to parish web pages are organized first by Particular Church, then by geographical location. Byzantine Catholic (Greek Catholic) parishes in North America are organized by eparchies (dioceses) based upon the original ethnicity of the immigrants that brought Byzantine Catholicism to North America: Ruthenian (originally from central Europe), Belarusian, Italo-Greek, Melkite (from the Middle East), Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian.  Several Eastern Catholic parishes that are non-Byzantine are also included here (Maronite, Ge’ez and Chaldean). Some of the pages may be unofficial.

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The photo shows the candle stand and a portion of the icon screen at Saint John of the Desert Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Phoeniz, Arizona.

Byzantine: | Ruthenian | Belarusian | Melkite | Romanian | Russian | Ukrainian | Italo-Greek |

Other Eastern Catholic: | Maronite | Ge'ez | Chaldean |

Byzantine-Ruthenian Parishes with Home Pages:

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Maryland

Michigan

Missouri

Nevada

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma City: Byzantine Catholic Mission
  • Tulsa: Fellowship of St. Athanasius

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Texas

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Belarusian Parishes with Home Pages

United Kingdom

  • London: Belarisian Greek Catholic Mision (Link Expired)

Melkite Greek Catholic Parishes with Home Pages

Arizona

Alabama

British Columbia

California

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Nebraska

Ohio

Ontario

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

  • Charleston: Melkite Greek Catholic Community

Virginia

Wisconsin

Byzantine-Romanian Parishes with Home Pages

United States

Illinois

Massachusetts

  • Wakefield: St. Joseph Byzantine Romanian Catholic Mission

Michigan

  • Dearborn: St. Mary Byzantine Romanian Catholic Church

Ohio

 

Canada

Ontario

 

Byzantine-Russian Parishes with Home Pages

California

Colorado

New York

Byzantine-Ukrainian Parishes with Home Pages

United States

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Nebraska

New Jersey

Newhampshire

New York

North Carolina 

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tenessee

Texas

Virginia

Wisconsin

Washington, DC

 

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

  • Ituna: Sacred Heart Ukrainian Cathoilc Church
  • Mission Parishes

 

Ireland

 

United Kingdom

Italo-Greek Catholic Parishes with Home Pages

Nevada

New York

Maronite Catholic Parishes with Home Pages

California

Florida

Illinois

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Texas

Virginia

Ge'ez Catholic Parishes with Home Pages

Ethiopian and Eritrean Catholics trace their religious heritage back to Apostolic times (Acts 8:26-40). In the fourth century, Saint Frumentius brought Christianity in the ancient Alexandrian Tradition of Saint Mark into the Axumite Kingdom. It was translated into Ge'ez the language of the Axumite kingdom of that time.

Washington, DC

Chaldean Catholic Parishes with Home Pages

California

  • El Cajon: St. Michael Chaldean Catholic Church
  • El Cajon: St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral

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Help us keep this page updated! If you find an expired link or know of a parish web site that should be listed here, please tell us!

Thanks to Mr. Charlie Bounds for providing us with numerous updates in January 2016.

Teachings of Christ

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’" (Matthew 7:21-23 ESV)

Lamb and Redeemer

When You were baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, * worship of the Trinity was revealed, * for the Father's voice bore witness to You, calling You His “beloved Son”, * and the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the certainty of these words. * O Christ God, * Who appeared and enlightened the world, glory to You! (Troparion, Tone 1)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

You have appeared to the whole world today, * and Your light, O Lord, is signed upon us, * who with knowledge praise You in song: * "You have come, and You have appeared, O Unapproachable Light." (Kontakion, Tone 4)

Random Proverb

"One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want." (Proverbs 11:24 ESV)

Pray Without Ceasing

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Wisdom from the Church Fathers

If you want, or rather intend, to take a splinter out of another person, then do not hack at it with a stick instead of a lancet, for you will only drive it in deeper. And this is a stick – rude speech and rough gestures. And this is a lancet – tempered instruction and patient reprimand. “Reprove,” says the Apostle, “rebuke, exhort,” but he did not say “beat” (2 Timothy 4:2). And if even this is required, do it rarely, and not with your own hand.

St. John Climacus, “The Ladder of Divine Ascent", Step 8, On Freedom From Anger and On Meekness