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St. Basil’s, Carrick

St. Basil’s Church, Carrick, Pittsburgh

Currently part of Holy Apostles parish, St. Basil’s occupies a splendid hilltop site from which its great rose window can be seen for miles. St. Basil himself presides over the façade, imprisoned in a cage that keeps the pigeons out and St. Basil in.


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2 responses to “St. Basil’s, Carrick”

  1. […] from a hilltop in Brookline. St. Basil’s is prominent on the […]

  2. […] architect Herman Lang, known for some splendid churches (notably St. George’s in Allentown and St. Basil’s in Carrick). He gave it a dignified and symmetrical façade that no one will ever see like this, […]

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