Basilica of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Romanesque Revival church building in Danville, Pennsylvania.
The basilica features travertine marble walls, a vaulted tiled ceiling, terrazzo floors, and an intricately carved marble altar with baldachino surrounded by oak pews.
Built during the Great Depression and dedicated on October 17, 1939, the church was elevated to minor basilica status by Pope John Paul II on June 30, 1989.
The chapel's name honors Saints Cyril and Methodius, the 9th-century Byzantine brothers who created the Glagolitic alphabet and evangelized the Slavs. Life-size mosaics of the two saints line the interior. The sisters who built it were largely daughters of European peasants and working-class immigrants.
Located at Villa Sacred Heart convent complex at coordinates 40.9626°N and -76.6028°W, the basilica serves as both a worship site and pilgrimage destination within the Diocese of Harrisburg.
The chapel was paid for by donations from coal miners, steelworkers, factory hands and farmers, many of them European immigrants or their children. The sisters themselves, largely daughters of peasants and workers, built it during the Great Depression. It was dedicated on October 17, 1939.
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