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Fr. Ilia Zotikov: A Hieromartyr in a File Drawer

Feb 15, 2012

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One of the little mysteries I’ve been meaning to research for some time has a bit of a family connection. This past week, I finally had the opportunity to delve into it, and the results were far different than I ever anticipated. My great-grandparents were married on May 2/15, 1908 at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox…

Solving the mystery: the 1921 pan-Orthodox gathering of bishops

Jan 28, 2010

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Matthew Namee

in Inter-Orthodox, Orthodoxy in the Americas

Back in July, Fr. Andrew wrote about the above photo, which depicts a gathering of American Orthodox bishops in the early 1920s: Greeks Meletios and Alexander, Russians Platon and Alexander, and Syrian Aftimios. At the time of Fr. Andrew’s original post, no one knew exactly when this photo was taken, or what occasion brought all…

Not Quite SCOBA

Jul 13, 2009

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Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

in Inter-Orthodox, Orthodoxy in the Americas, Pre-1921 Unity

Few photos from the early 20th century history of American Orthodoxy are so rich in significance as this one. This was taken during the 1921 visit of then-deposed Abp. Meletios (Metxakis) of Athens to America, beginning the process of founding the Greek Archdiocese. He came traveling with Bp. Alexander (Demoglou), who would become the first…

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Fr. Ilia Zotikov: A Hieromartyr in a File Drawer

Solving the mystery: the 1921 pan-Orthodox gathering of bishops

Not Quite SCOBA