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May 1964: A Radical Change in the History of the Russian Church Abroad

Aug 27, 2012

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The 1964 Council of the Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad (ROCOR) marked a new milestone in its history: on May 27, 1964 Metropolitan Anastasii (Gribanovskii) retired. Bishop Anastasii’s episcopal consecration took place in Moscow in 1906. In 1913 he was appointed to devise rites for the glorification of St. Patriarch Germogen, which was presided…

Ecumenical Patriarch denied appeal of Bishop Dionisije

Jun 8, 2011

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy & the US Courts, Orthodoxy in the Americas

Well, this is interesting. Lately, I’ve been looking at the Supreme Court case Serbian Diocese v. Milivojevich, which pitted the representatives of the Serbian Church against the incumbent American bishop, Dionisije, who had been defrocked by the Serbian Holy Assembly. The big question, which the Court answered in the negative, was whether civil courts in…

The Bulgarian Diocese in Exile

Oct 14, 2009

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Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

The longest-serving hierarch in American Orthodox history was Abp. Kyrill Yonchev (1964-2007), until late this past June, when his record tenure of nearly 43 years was exceeded by Metr. Philip Saliba of the Antiochian Archdiocese. Kyrill was well-known and well-loved as the OCA’s diocesan bishop for Western Pennsylvania as well as its Bulgarian diocese. What…

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May 1964: A Radical Change in the History of the Russian Church Abroad

Ecumenical Patriarch denied appeal of Bishop Dionisije

The Bulgarian Diocese in Exile