Comments on: Fr. Christopher Jabara, the ultra-ecumenist

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » The First Antiochian Chapel in America

OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » The First Antiochian Chapel in America — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:58:09 +0000

[...] In the life of St. Raphael Hawaweeny published by Antakya Press (page 24, to be precise), there’s a reference to an early Syrian/Antiochian chapel in New York, dating to 1893. The story goes that a visiting Antiochian priest, Archimandrite Christopher Jabara, established the chapel at Cedar and Washington Streets in New York City. Unbeknownst to the local Syrians, however, Jabara espoused a radical, heretical theology, rejecting the Holy Trinity and calling for the unification of all religions — and especially a merger of Orthodoxy with Islam. Jabara was a speaker at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago, and his talks were reported in the New York newspapers. Jabara was “compelled to leave the country” and eventually died in Egypt. To read more about Jabara, check out this article I wrote two years ago. [...]

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » The World’s Parliament of Religions, 1893

Tue, 11 May 2010 14:02:38 +0000

[...] The Parliament itself was a typically overambitious 19th century ecumenical gathering, and some of the participants had unrealistic goals of inter-religious union. In fact, one of those unduly optimistic compromisers was the Antiochian archimandrite Christopher Jabara, whom we’ve discussed in the past. [...]

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » A Greek bishop in America in 1893

OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » A Greek bishop in America in 1893 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:03:41 +0000

[...] Buddhists, etc. It seems to have been more of a spectacle than anything substantive, although, as we’ve discussed previously, the crazy Antiochian archimandrite Christopher Jabara thought that perhaps the Parliament could [...]

By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » The First Orthodox Liturgy in Boston

OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » The First Orthodox Liturgy in Boston — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:03:49 +0000

[...] too long ago, I wrote about Fr. Christopher Jabara, an Antiochian priest who visited America in 1893-94. Jabara preceded St. Raphael Hawaweeny, but he [...]