Comments on: Chicago, 1888

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Serbs in Chicago

OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Serbs in Chicago — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:02:06 +0000

[...] course, we’ve heard about both Mr. Gopčević (or Gopchevich) and Fr. Firmilian Dražić (Drazich) in the past. I would be very curious to know whether there was [...]

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Orthodoxy in Chicago, 1888-1892

OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Orthodoxy in Chicago, 1888-1892 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:04:21 +0000

[...] from the hierarchy. In May, Vladimir wrote to the lay leaders in Chicago and asked them to call a meeting to determine just how many people were interested in starting a church, and just how much money [...]

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Fr. Ambrose Vretta: pioneering priest in Chicago & Seattle

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:04:39 +0000

[...] to organize a parish, but for various reasons, they hadn’t been successful. (We’ve discussed that a bit in the past, and will talk about it in great detail in the near [...]

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » July 4, 1892

OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » July 4, 1892 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:31:55 +0000

[...] on the attempt to form a pan-Orthodox parish in Chicago in 1888. (You can also read a post about it here.) That attempt failed, and in 1892, separate Greek and Russian parishes were founded in Chicago. [...]

By: Matthew Namee

Matthew Namee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:52:41 +0000

I don’t think this story depicts disunity. The meeting was called to form a multiethnic parish, and the people at the meeting were enthusiastic about it. They used English so that eveyrone could understand what was happening, and they proposed alternating Greek and Slavonic in the liturgy. The leaders of the group were really pushing for a united Orthodox community.

Of course, the fact that it didn’t happen is disappointing, but really, these people had their hearts in the right place.

And, yes, the writing is fantastic. If I had lived in 1888, I’d have read newspapers all day, every day.

By: Fr. Andrew

Fr. Andrew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:31:52 +0000

This, I have to say, is hilarious. Of course, the disunity it depicts is not so hilarious, but the writing style itself is quite amusing. Greek pirates, indeed!