Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church St. The church is located in Shieldsburg on the old U.S. Rt. 22 between the Salemville Patch and New Alexandria, PA. across the road from St James R.C. Church.

Mary's Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox Catholic
Church building (built ca.1906), Shieldsburg, Salem Township,Westmoreland Co., PA., built by the Carpatho-Rusyn coal miners from the coal patches of Andrico, Crabtree, Huron and Salemville.

Please join me for my final pysanky fundraiser this Easter season.
04/03/2026

Please join me for my final pysanky fundraiser this Easter season.

We are capping off opening week of the 2026 season with Ginette Simpson's popular Pysanky Egg Decorating Demonstration. Join us Saturday, April 4, 10 to 3.

04/02/2026

Good Friday service will be at 5pm and basket blessing will be on Saturday at 4:30pm.

Our annual Pysanky fundraiser is this weekend at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn. 20% of all proceeds will be donated to the Smile o...
03/17/2022

Our annual Pysanky fundraiser is this weekend at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn. 20% of all proceeds will be donated to the Smile of the Child Orphanage in Ukraine.

There will be a lot of Ukrainian symbols tucked into Ginette Simpson’s pysanky eggs this year. The intricate decorations will feature blue and gold colors and Ukraine’s national flower. “I’ve really focused on sunflowers,” she said. “They’re featured in a lo...

02/25/2022
The blessing of Easter baskets.
04/21/2017

The blessing of Easter baskets.

04/03/2014

Pennsylvania artist’s detailed works sold to help support her beloved parish

03/15/2014

Thank you to everyone for the support! We will be posting updates of when service will be and how to purchase pysanky eggs to help support our church!

03/14/2014

Ginette Simpson of New Alexandria stared intently at an egg under the light of a desk lamp at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn. While families enjoyed the

03/14/2014
03/14/2014

Ginette Simpson of New Alexandria is very serious about two Lenten traditions. One is keeping her Ukrainian ancestors' strict dietary fast from meat, eggs and dairy products. The other is that in the solemn weeks before Easter, she creates dozens of intricately decorated eggs, called pysanky. She gi...

03/14/2014

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