St. Basil Church

St Basil Church was established in September 1904 by a group of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe. Simpson was chosen as the site for a new church building for its central location to Carbondale and the Upper Valley of Northeastern Pennsylvania.The parish was started in 1903 under the leadership of Rev. Arseny Chahovtzoff (The Late Archbishop Arseny), who was also the pastor of St. John’s Russian Orthodox Church in Mayfield.  The St. Basil’s Society, formed in the same year, was very in...