Comments on: The tragic story of Fr. Vladimir Alexandrov http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/29/the-tragic-story-of-fr-vladimir-alexandrov/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » More on Fr. Vladimir Alexandrov http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/29/the-tragic-story-of-fr-vladimir-alexandrov/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » More on Fr. Vladimir Alexandrov Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:36:08 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=916#comment-1306 [...] few days ago, we discussed the tragic story of Fr. Vladimir Alexandrov, the early 20th century Russian priest whose life reads like (as Fr. Andrew Damick has suggested) a [...]

]]> By: Matthew Namee http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/29/the-tragic-story-of-fr-vladimir-alexandrov/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Matthew Namee Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:51:28 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=916#comment-242 Thanks, Schultz! From the death notice, it sounds like Alexandrov never actually became a Roman Catholic bishop. I’ve never heard of a “former Archbishop-elect” before, and I imagine there’s a story behind it. Perhaps the local Roman Catholic diocese has some information.

]]> By: Schultz http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/29/the-tragic-story-of-fr-vladimir-alexandrov/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Schultz Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:46:47 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=916#comment-240 No real obituary in the Baltimore Sun or the other, smaller Baltimore papers. There is, however, the following death notice, printed on May 22, 1945, p. 16, c. 6 in the Sun:

ALEXANDROF – At 1:30 A.M., on Sunday, May 20, 1945. VERY REVEREND VLADIMIR V. ALEXANDROF, former Arch-bishop elect.
Solemn mass of Requiem in St. Mary’s Seminary, Roland Park, on Thursday, May 24, 1945 at 10 A.M. Interment in St. Charles College Cemetery, Catonsville.

]]> By: Schultz http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/29/the-tragic-story-of-fr-vladimir-alexandrov/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Schultz Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:13:17 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=916#comment-239 He doesn’t show up in the database over at http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/ . As I live in Baltimore, I’m going to see if I can’t dig up his obituary.

]]> By: NOT ALL SOAP OPERAS ARE TV SCRIPTS « Fr. Orthohippo http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/29/the-tragic-story-of-fr-vladimir-alexandrov/comment-page-1/#comment-237 NOT ALL SOAP OPERAS ARE TV SCRIPTS « Fr. Orthohippo Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:08:55 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=916#comment-237 [...] The tragic story of Fr. Vladimir Alexandrov is a post from OrthodoxHistory.org. All rights reserved. [...]

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