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Comment on 18th century Russian bell in California by OrthodoxHistory.org » The Kodiak Bell should be returned to Alaska

OrthodoxHistory.org » The Kodiak Bell should be returned to Alaska — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:30 +0000

[...] February 4, I wrote an article on an 18th century Russian bell that currently hangs in an old Roman Catholic mission in California. Thanks to Mr. Clifford Argue, [...]

Comment on A Letter to President McKinley by Eskimo Food Security: Why is the U.S helping to promote Starvation amongst the Inuit? - Page 2 - Christian Forums

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:26:12 +0000

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Comment on A Snapshot of Interwar Orthodoxy: The Ecumenical Patriarchate by NickNagorny

NickNagorny — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:49:41 +0000

This snapshot misses the Pan Orthodox Congress of 1923 under Ecumenical Patriarch Meletios Metaxakis. There are two recent books by Fr. Patrick Viscuso on this important council, “Quest for Reform of the Orthodox Church: The 1923 Pan-Orthodox Congress: An Analysis and Translation of Its Acts and Decisions” and “Vested in Grace: Marriage and Priesthood in the Christian East”. Disclosure, I wrote an article and bibliography in the Vested in Grace book.
The impact of this council on Orthodoxy in America was substantial. First, three of the attendees were primates of Orthodox jurisdictions in America at various times. Patriarch Metaxakis was the primate of the Greek Archdiocese, Bishop Nemolovsky with the primate of the Russian jurisdiction, and Archbishop Anatassy later would become the primate of the Russian Synod in Exile. This congress authorized the use of the new calendar and the remarriage of Orthodox priests. What is not known is that this Congress condemned the “Living Church” then propped up by the Soviet regime. The recognition of the Living Church by Ecumenical Patriarchate happens after this congress. However for decades Russian church diplomats despised the Ecumenical Patriarchate for recognizing the legitimacy of the Living Church. It would be interesting piece of historical research to find out how extensive was the Russian Living Church phenomenon in the 1920s in America outside of their cathedral church on 97th Street in Manhattan.
Considering the intense passions and lawsuits here in America regarding the new calendar, it is a surprise that so few Orthodox know anything about the Congress of 1923.

Comment on Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia by Col. Philip Ludwell III: The Forerunner of Orthodoxy in North America | Orthodox in the District

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:32:02 +0000

[...] In this video (posted to the YouTube page maintained by the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist), Mr Nicholas Chapman, a renowned British historian and editor at Holy Trinity Seminary Publications in Jordanville, NY, offers fascinating insights into the life and legacy of one of the first known converts to Orthodoxy in colonial Virginia. [...]

Comment on The Righteous Shall Be in Everlasting Remembrance: Further Reflections on Colonel Philip Ludwell III by Col. Philip Ludwell III: The Forerunner of Orthodoxy in North America | Orthodox in the District

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:22:29 +0000

[...] III, the forerunner of Orthodoxy in North America”. In his lecture, Mr Chapman expanded upon this article which he published through the Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas [...]

Comment on Freemasonry in American Orthodox history by Сетевой дневник | [ kraevedster ] » Мэтью (Матфей) Нейми: Масонство в истории православия в Америке

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:05:49 +0000

[...] Перевод статьи американского историка Мэтью (Матфея) Нейми: Matthew Namee. Freemasonry in American Orthodox history (http://orthodoxhistory.org/2012/11/20/freemasonry-in-american-orthodox-history/). [...]

Comment on Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia by OQ-Opinion question - Page 3 - Christian Forums

OQ-Opinion question - Page 3 - Christian Forums — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:10:48 +0000

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Comment on An Orthodox Baptism in the home of John Quincy Adams – and much more besides by A future President’s eyewitness account of an Orthodox baptism in Russia | Orthodox in the District

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:57:46 +0000

[...] A future President’s eyewitness account of an Orthodox baptism in Russia This is a wonderful article from Orthodox History describing then-U.S. Minister to Russia John Quincy Adams’ reaction to an Orthodox baptism which took place in his Saint Petersburg parlour in January 1811. The timing of this event is also remarkable given its close proximity to French Emperor Napoleon I’s invasion of Russia the following year. As was typical of Adams, his account of the baptism ceremony is methodical in detail. He also evidently heartily approved of ordinary Russians’ devotion to the ascetic fasts, which he believed would be medically, physically and spiritually beneficial for Americans to imitate (if not for the theological reasons which he does not seem to have understood or considered important). Adams was noticeably biased in his perception that Russians’ physical expressions of piety in church revealed what he considered to be their “superstitious” nature, but this is not surprising given his Unitarian upbringing (services completely lacking religious images, iconography, or physical bows or prostrations done in reverence to God or veneration of the holiness of the saints). Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged John Quincy Adams, Orthodox baptism, Orthodox History, Orthodoxy in Europe, Orthodoxy in the Americas, President John Quincy Adams, Protestantism, U.S. Minister to Russia, Unitarian by Orthodox in the District. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

Comment on Is the St. Peter the Aleut story true? by Fr. Michael Plekon and Re-evaluating How Orthodox Canonize Saints | Red River Orthodox

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:09:27 +0000

[...] It is no secret to those who have followed my online work over the years that the question of canonization has been important at times. I have argued that it would be imprudent and unwise to canonize Bishop Arsenius of Winnipeg at this time.(here are some links along this line: http://orthodoxhistory.org/tag/arseny-chagovtsov/). I have also expressed public doubt that there was ever a martyr-saint known as “Peter the Aleut” (allowing for the possibility that one of the Aleuts captured in battle might have been named Peter. I received the most criticisms for this argument, but that comes with the territory of historical investigation. You may find some discussions of that here: http://orthodoxhistory.org/2011/01/31/is-the-st-peter-the-aleut-story-true/ [...]

Comment on Source of the week: Schmemann on Vatican II by Второй Ватиканский собор « Антимодернизм.ру

Второй Ватиканский собор « Антимодернизм.ру — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:30:21 +0000

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Comment on St Raphael Hawaweeny & Spanish language Orthodoxy in the Americas by samn

samn — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:34:16 +0000

Also with regard to the beginnings of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Latin America, it seems that the early leader of the Antiochian mission in Argentina and Brazil was Germanos Shehadi, future Metropolitan of Zahle and later long-term visitor to the US. He was recalled from South America in 1904 to be consecrated bishop of Zahle, which occurred on September 12, 1904 at the Maryamiyya Cathedral in Damascus.

The reference for this is Asad Rustum’s History, vol. 3, p. 318.

Comment on St Raphael Hawaweeny & Spanish language Orthodoxy in the Americas by Matthew Namee

Matthew Namee — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:12:46 +0000

I’m working on getting a copy of the Al-Kalimat article. If anyone out there is at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, the article is probably in their library. Also, of course, at the Antiochian Village.

Comment on St Raphael Hawaweeny & Spanish language Orthodoxy in the Americas by samn

samn — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:53:18 +0000

The Antiochian parish in Mexico City was founded during St Raphael’s lifetime and he mentions it in a couple of his sermons as one of the few parishes under his charge that he regretted being unable to visit.

According to the website for the Antiochian Archdiocese of Mexico, the founder of their cathedral was a man named Simón Iza, who was followed in his endeavor by the priests José Chalhub and Zacarías Antonio Zacarías who were under the bishop Samuel David of Toledo. (http://www.iglesiaortodoxa.org.mx/informacion/?page_id=27). Aside from Mexico, there are Antiochian archdioceses of Argentina and Chile, where I’m under the impression Spanish is the main language.

If someone can provide me with a scan of the relevant issue of al-Kalima, I’d be happy to translate it. I’m quite curious about any contacts St Raphael may have had with Orthodox in Latin America beyond Mexico.

Comment on To shave or not to shave? by 20110128 The Sacramental Ontology of Beauty

20110128 The Sacramental Ontology of Beauty — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:18:22 +0000

[...] this is true even if some saints have done it). It is as if such people believed that the priests trimmed their hair and beards in order to “bait unstable souls”! [for Russians, the situation may be different: [...]

Comment on Nicholas Chapman podcast on early 18th century Orthodox catechism in English by Isa Almisry

Isa Almisry — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:55:43 +0000

I wonder if this could be connected to John Cavel, chaplain to the English ambassador to the Porte 1670-7, publishing his “Some account of the present Greek Church,: with reflections on their present doctrine and discipline, and the rest of their seven pretended sacraments, compared with Jack Goar’s notes upon the Greek ritual or ” in 1722
http://books.google.com/books?id=998GAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
on the heals of a correspondence between the non-Juror bishops of the Anglican church which commenced in 1716 (and Cavel was involved) and was ongoing when the “Russian Catechism” was published
http://books.google.com/books?id=V7g_AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22The+Orthodox+Church+of+the+East+in+the+eighteenth+century%22&source=bl&ots=jsH8LpeT5L&sig=McY9vorvi_T17LQ9hEHWqGocQEc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tPA2UOqwHuaoywG5oYG4BA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Orthodox%20Church%20of%20the%20East%20in%20the%20eighteenth%20century%22&f=false
itself following Orthodox hierarchs and Greek students attending English universities starting in 1698, and an ensuing attempt by the Vatican through the King of France and Sorbonne to entice them into their own camp.

Comment on Did St. Raphael try to shoot a police officer? by The Orthodox Christian World, Edited by Augustine Casiday | Red River Orthodox

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:55:18 +0000

[...] http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/10/05/did-st-raphael-try-to-shoot-a-police-officer/ [...]

Comment on Nicholas Chapman: Was Fr. Samuel Domien a Greek Catholic? Part 1 by Hieromonk Timothy

Hieromonk Timothy — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:57:39 +0000

How does one contact American Orthodox History.org? Where is the contact info located? E-Mail ?
Thanks
Hieromonk Timothy

Comment on Nicholas Chapman: Was Fr. Samuel Domien a Greek Catholic? Part 1 by Isa Almisry

Isa Almisry — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:47:35 +0000

“As the Mongols also overran Transylvania at that time I cannot see why people of Tartar descent in Transylvania should not have existed some four/five hundred years later.”
One need not speculate. Tartars still live in Transylvania, although more are found in Dobruja, the coastal area of Romania.

Also referred to as Tartars, the related people of the Cumans played a larger role in the formation of Romania: the Cumans, Romanized, founded the noble families which formed the states of Moldavia and Wallachia and started the rise of the Church of “Ugrovalachia” as Romania was called (the Emperor Leopold sent his chosen instrument to enforce the union, Athanasius, to the Metropolitan of Ugrovalachia for consecration (although Athanasius had already submitted to the Vatican)). Also believed to be of Tartar-Cuman origin was John Hunyadi, the founder of the principality of Transylvania.

Comment on Churches on wheels: then and now by qwa

qwa — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:33:50 +0000

The Russian army has various different church trucks and church tents; there has even been talk of inflatable churches for use by airborne forces.

Comment on A Virginian Apostle: The First Orthodox Catechism in the Americas? by Isa Almisry

Isa Almisry — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:20:00 +0000

Since the post on Fr. Hatherly has closed comments, I might as well put this here. It is the publication of the Divine Liturgy by him, somewhat officially, from his introduction, by both the EP (Fr. Hatherly’s jurisdiction) and the Holy Governing Synod of Russia (per the Ober-Prokurator).
http://books.google.com/books?id=6e8CAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
What is interesting is that it is printed at “Bristol: Printing Office of the GreeK Church,” “with the sanction and blessing of his late All-Holiness Joakeim II” after the Anglicans got the Phanar to tell Fr. Hatherly to cease and desist, and after his failed mission in New York. The canon was translated by the Greek Consul at Syra, which see, IIRC, crops up a number of times in the history of American Orthodoxy and its Greek connections. It is also clear that the intent of the translation was for Orthodox believers to worship in English, including converts its seems (still a touchy subject in England with the Anglicans).