SS. Peter and Paul Church

1915-1935 In 1915, three years after the John-Manville Corporation constructed its first building in Manville, a group of families of Russian heritage met to organize a parish of the Orthodox faith.  With the blessing of the ruling bishop, Archbishop Evdokim of New York and under the leadership of Fr Peter Semashko, the rector of Ss Peter and Paul Church in South River, this was accomplished.In the beginning the parish consisted of a small group of believers that rented a building in a lumber ya...