Contributed NEW ADMINISTRATOR – The Rev. Luke Iyengar will be installed as the new administrator of Assumption of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church, also known as St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, in Weirton Sunday.
WEIRTON — Assumption of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church in Weirton, also known as St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, will welcome the Rev. Luke Iyengar as its new administrator during an installation service on Sunday.
The installation will be conducted at 11 a.m. by Very Rev. Joseph Raptosh, dean of the Tri-State Protopresbyterate in the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. This marks Iyengar’s first pastoral assignment following his ordination, and it represents a homecoming to the community where his vocation was nurtured.
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