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Photo of Unidentified San Francisco Priest

Jun 11, 2014

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I was browsing in the wonderful photo collection at Alaska’s Digital Archives the other day when I ran across the above photo, which was titled, “3/4 length seated portrait of unidentified priest.” Who was he? The bottom of the photo gives us a clue, of course: the name “Weitz” (probably the photographer) and the name…

Orthodoxy in Alaska after 1885 and Protestant Missionaries

Apr 21, 2010

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Fr. Oliver Herbel

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

The Russian Orthodoxy course I am teaching at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, is drawing to a close. Since I am the instructor, we devoted part of that course to an introduction to the Russian Mission in North America and another part to Orthodoxy in America more generally. So, to break up the posts on…

Early Orthodoxy in Portland, Oregon

Nov 18, 2009

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Matthew Namee

in Firsts, Orthodoxy in the Americas, Pre-1921 Unity

Orthodoxy has been in Portland, Oregon for well over a century, and its history is of particular interest to me, as my in-laws live in the city, and I have visited there many times. Today, we’re going to look at the beginnings of organized parish life in Portland. According to Brigit Farley, there are records of…

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Photo of Unidentified San Francisco Priest

Orthodoxy in Alaska after 1885 and Protestant Missionaries

Early Orthodoxy in Portland, Oregon