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St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery is an
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in
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,
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, a suburb approximately south of
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. It is situated on a hillside in the southwest corner of the intersection of Connor Road and Pennsylvania State Route 88. As an ethnic
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cemetery, it primarily serves members of St. John the Baptist Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church on Pittsburgh's South Side, as well as others of Rusyn and
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from the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh. The cemetery was established in 1923 when the church bought a farm in a rural part of Allegheny County. Since then, suburban growth has spread to meet the graveyard. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took part of the cemetery grounds to expand Connor Road, and the
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annexed more of its land for a trolley station.


Notable interments

The cemetery is best known as the burial site of the American artist
Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the Art movement, visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore th ...
and his parents. Warhol's fans make
pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
s to this cemetery and leave tokens including cans of soup on his grave stone to honor his life.


See also

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Poem "Andy Warhol for Pilgrims"
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