[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF ST. VLADIMIR UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH'S 
                         CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 26, 2018

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor St. Vladimir 
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. One-hundred 
years ago, the parish members rolled up their sleeves and built a place 
of worship where generations of their family members and neighbors 
would attend. Their hard work and dedication has fostered a strong 
Byzantine faith community in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  In 1905, many families began moving to Northeastern Pennsylvania from 
their homelands in what is now Ukraine. Wishing to practice their faith 
in a Byzantine Church and continue to feel connected to their 
homelands, these families began attending churches of the Byzantine 
Rite in Northampton, Lansford, and Nesquehoning. Their faith was so 
strong they would wake before daybreak on Sundays to walk over ten 
miles to worship at one of these churches.
  After years of traveling, they decided to build their own church. The 
devoted and faithful pioneers spent their own money and provided their 
own labor to build a Byzantine Church close to home. The church, which 
sits on the corner of Delaware Avenue and First Street in Palmerton, 
has constantly been renovated and improved upon over the years to 
maintain the sense of pride in their place of worship. St. Vladimir's 
continues to celebrate an active and engaged parish community of 
congregants and a long history of dedicated, spiritual pastors.
  It is an honor to recognize St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic 
Church as they celebrate their 100th anniversary. I take great joy in 
joining the commemoration of such an important milestone. I wish 
everyone in the parish and community all the best as they continue to 
worship in St. Vladimir's for many more prosperous years.

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