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Murder in San Francisco? The Mysterious Death of Fr Paul Kedrolivansky

Mar 20, 2023

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Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky died on the evening of June 18, 1878, in the prison hospital in San Francisco, the victim of an apparent blow to the head. Since December 1870, Kedrolivansky had been the dean of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in San Francisco. In what must have been an awkward arrangement, his predecessor, Fr. Nicholas…

This week in American Orthodox history (March 12-18)

Mar 12, 2012

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Matthew Namee

in Firsts, Orthodoxy in the Americas, Saints

This week is a busy one: March 14, 1767: Philip Ludwell III, the first Orthodox convert in American history, died in London. Decades earlier, in 1738, Ludwell had joined the Orthodox Church in London. He was just 22 at the time, and was a rising star in the Virginia aristocracy. Remarkably, the Russian Holy Synod…

Source of the Week: the 1877 Holy Synod edict

Feb 5, 2010

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Matthew Namee

in Meta, Online Sources, Orthodoxy in the Americas

For months now, I’ve been posting a new article virtually every weekday. I’ve got some things coming up in my life that will prevent me from writing quite that often, so in an effort to organize my time a bit more efficiently (and continue to offer new historical information on a regular basis), I’ve decided…

The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky

Feb 3, 2010

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

On today’s episode of my American Orthodox History podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, I tell the story of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky’s suspicious death. For the whole story, you’ll want to listen to the podcast. There are quite a few characters involved, and I thought it might be helpful to provide a brief introduction to each…

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Murder in San Francisco? The Mysterious Death of Fr Paul Kedrolivansky

This week in American Orthodox history (March 12-18)

Source of the Week: the 1877 Holy Synod edict

The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky