Basil Shereghy

Background

He was born in Dorobratovo, Austria-Hungary (historic Czechoslovakia (1918–1939), Hungary (1939-1945), now Ukraine).

Career

Ordained in 1942 in the Eparchy of Mukachevo, he taught in the Greek Catholic seminary in Uzhorod during World World War World War II In 1946 he emigrated to the United States, serving for the rest of his life in the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh. He worked as a professor of language and liturgy at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Steamship Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also was a longtime editor (1970–1986) of the diocesan newspaper Byzantine Catholic World, which he co-founded.

He died on 16 June 1988 in Pittsburgh.

Works

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  • The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Ruthenian Form )
  • The Byzantine Catholics