Carpatho-Rusyn Society
The Carpatho-Rusyn Society (C-RS) is an American nonprofit organization promoting Rusyn culture in the United States, as well as in the traditional homeland in east Central Europe.
Established in 1994 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, C-RS has over 1,700 members worldwide. John Righetti has been its president and spokesman since its inception. The group's flagship publication is The New Rusyn Times.
From 1998 until 2007, C-RS and The Andy Warhol Museum presented an annual festival celebrating Rusyn culture alongside the art of Andy Warhol, one of the most influential 20th-century American artists, who was of Carpatho-Rusyn descent.
In 2004, the C-RS purchased the historic former St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral at 911 Dickson Street in Munhall, Pennsylvania, and converted it into the nation's first National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural Center.
See also
- List of Rusyn Americans
- Ruthenia
- Carpathian Ruthenia
- Oleksandr Dukhnovych
