About Holy Trinity Cemetery

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cemetery is the official cemetery of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church and is privately owned by the Holy Trinity community. It is located at 8941 Ringeisen Road near the intersection of Duncan, Ferguson and Thompson Run Roads, behind Duncan Manor Shopping Center. (See below for map and directions).

The original land was purchased in 1942 and was consecrated as an Orthodox Christian Cemetery in 1943, with the first burial the same year. The community's Greek heritage is reflected in many of the memorial headstones, the older of which have combinations of Greek and English or entirely Greek inscriptions. Presently there are over 700 persons buried at the Cemetery with many headstones showing that immigrants came from mainland Greece and the many Aegean islands and with names varying from Alexandropoulos to Zafeiropoulos.

Burials are open to Orthodox Christians and their non-Orthodox Christian spouses and family members. Burials are required to conform strictly to the canons and tenets of the Greek Orthodox Church.

A special feature of Holy Trinity Cemetery is the Saint George Chapel, whose doors were officially opened on the Feast of Saint George in 2006. Many weekday services, funerals and all Saturdays of the Souls services are held at the Chapel.

Each spring prior to Memorial Day, many parishioners from Holy Trinity come together to offer their service of stewardship for an annual “Community Cemetery Clean-up Day.” Also each spring, according to our Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar, we celebrate four "Saturday of the Souls" Divine Liturgies and Memorial Services, three at the start of Lent and one on Pentecost weekend.These services commemorate all those buried there and all the departed members of the community.

It is not uncommon, upon visiting the Cemetery, to find individuals praying, lighting candles and burning incense in remembrance for their departed family members. Their sense of continued connection with those who have gone to rest in the Lord is well reflected in the meaning of the word, “Cemetery,” which in the original Greek means, “a place of sleep.” Those who have “fallen asleep” in the Lord are also remembered through the beautiful hymn, “May their memory be eternal.”

Finding Graves

Looking for the location of the graves of loved ones buried at Holy Trinity Cemetery? Contact our Cemetery Chairperson at cemetery@HolyTrinityPgh.org. Photos of many of the memorial headstones can also be found at the Find-A-Grave website, a volunteer service not affiliated with Holy Trinity Church or Holy Trinity Cemetery.

Contact Information

Mailing Address: 985 Providence Boulvard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Phone: 412-366-8700

Fax: 412-366-8710

Email: cemetery@HolyTrinityPgh.org