Orthodox Church in America • Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania
Eastern Deanery
📍 Urey (Glen Campbell), Pennsylvania
Founded 1916
SS Peter and Paul Orthodox Church was organized and founded in 1916 by a group of faithful who had originally been part of the membership of the Greek Catholic parish in Arcadia. During this time, the Arcadia parish was experiencing considerable dissent and turmoil over what is now termed the “Orthodox Movement”. Several Greek Catholic parishes were leaving the Unia and returning to the true Orthodox Faith of their ancestors. This movement was propagated by St Alexis Toth, a former Uniate Pri...
Founded: 1916