Byzantine Catholic congregation gathers for last time in Akron
The Rev. Robert Stash hugs St. Michael's parishioner Carol Climes of Akron as he Bishop John Kudrick (right) allow parishioners to kiss the crosses they are holding after the final Mass at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
The Rev. Robert Stash hugs St. Michael's parishioner Carol Climes of Akron as he Bishop John Kudrick (right) allow parishioners to kiss the crosses they are holding after the final Mass at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Emily Anderson of Canton cries at the conclusion of the final Mass at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. She is a third generation life long member of the church and her grandparents were charter members. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Byzantine Catholic Bishop John Kudrick (left) watches as Deacon Gene Senderak extinguishes the eternal flame above the altar at the conclusion of the final Mass at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
St. Michael's parishioner Katie Rekettye (left) reaches over to St. Nicholas parishioner Ted Lazar as they wait to receive the Eucharist during the final Mass at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. Rekettye has been a member of St. Michael's for over fifty years and Lazar had been a member for sixty years before joining the parish of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Barberton earlier this year. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Parishioner photograph Byzantine Catholic Bishop John Kudrick (center) surrounded by clergy and staff from St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church and St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church after the the final Mass at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
