Byzanteen provides Eastern Catholic faith formation and fraternity for all teens (ages 13-18) growing up in the Byzantine Catholic tradition. Together with their peers, Byzanteens actively engage in living, growing in, and promoting the Byzantine Catholic tradition.
All Byzanteens are given the opportunity to gather from across the country for our biennial national Byzanteen Youth Rally or a Rally in our Eparchy. It's a great opportunity to make new friends, form lasting relationships, pray, grow spiritually, listen to inspiring talks from our Byzantine leaders, support one another in the Faith, and just have fun.
The next Byzanteen Youth Rally will take place Summer 2024 in San Diego, California!
In July 2022, once again, after a delay of two years, after a few years of imposed interruption by COVID-19, all the teens of the Ruthenian Metropolia in the United States gathered at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, for four days of prayer and community at the The Byzanteen Youth Rally in Emmitsburg, MD. The 25 young people accepted this invitation from the Eparchy of Parma and participated in days of leisure and fun connected with the growth in the faith.