Pastor of St. John
the Baptist Orthodox Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey is the Very Reverend
Protopresbyter Michael Rosco. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he attended Christ
the Saviour Seminary in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of
Theology degree in 1972. That same year, he married the former Susan Hreha of
Homestead, Pennsylvania and was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in his home parish of
St. John the Baptist in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Father
Michael has served parishes in Stratford, Connecticut; East Chicago, Indiana and
Windber, Pennsylvania. He also served as the Administrator of Camp Nazareth in Mercer,
Pennsylvania for three years. Father Michael was assigned to St. John’s in Perth Amboy
in November of 1992. In addition to his pastoral duties, Father serves as the Dean
of the New Jersey Deanery of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese. He is also a
member of the Diocesan Consistory and Board of Trustees.Father currently edits The
Church Messenger, the official publication of the Diocese.
Since
1997, Father Michael has represented His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas on the
Study and Planning Commission of the Standing Conference of Orthodox Canonical Bishops
in the Americas (SCOBA). In 2005, he was appointed as the Diocesan
representative to International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC).
Active in the
local community, Father Michael was the Volunteer Cooordinator for the City of Perth
Amboy during their one-year Gulf Coast Relief Effort, which cared for some 40
families who had relocated to the Central Jersey town after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Father sits on the board for the Middlesex County Habitat for Humanity chapter as was
recently elected Vice-Chairman of the group. Father Michael and Pani Susan have one
son: Vladimir.
