St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery is a Eastern Catholic cemetery in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb approximately convert|5|mi|km south of downtown Pittsburgh. It is sited on a hillside in the southwest corner of the intersection of Connor Road and Pennsylvania State Route 88.
As an ethnic parish cemetery, it primarily serves members of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church on Pittsburgh's South Side, as well as others of Rusyn descent from the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh.
The cemetery was established in 1923 when the church bought a 20 acre farm in a rural part of Allegheny County. Since then, suburban growth has spread to meet the graveyard. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took part of the cemetery grounds to expand Connor Road, and the Port Authority of Allegheny County annexed more of its land for a trolley station.
The cemetery is best known as the burial site of the American artist Andy Warhol and his parents.
For years now some Andy Warhol fans make pilgrimage to this cemetery and leave a token soup can on his grave stone (see tombstone image).
ee also
*List of cemeteries
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* Location in [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=40.354516,-80.02936&spn=0.005478,0.008658 Google Maps]
* Poem "Andy Warhol for Pilgrims" [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07048/762756-109.stm]
* "New York Times" feature on Andy Warhol cemetery rituals [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/us/23warhol.html?ex=1329886800&en=fc42c14c39a07cc6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]
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