Tag: primary sources

St. Raphael of Brooklyn on the Episcopalians

February 27, 2013

Today being the ninety-eighth anniversary of the repose of St. Raphael of Brooklyn (+1915), here is a pastoral letter he sent out in 1912 regarding relations with the Episcopal Church, mostly likely written on…
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Early stages of the Bulgarian schism from Constantinople

December 7, 2012

We just finished running a series of six articles on the 1872 Council of Constantinople, published contemporaneously in the Methodist Quarterly Review. The following article is from about a decade earlier, and describes the…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 6

December 6, 2012

This is the final Methodist Quarterly Review article dealing with the aftermath of the 1872 Council of Constantinople. From the Methodist Quarterly Review, April 1874. The Bulgarian Church question has, on the whole,…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 5

December 5, 2012

This article is the fifth in a six-part series on the 1872 Council of Constantinople. In this installment, we learn about the aftermath of the Council. The one bishop who refused to sign the…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 4

December 4, 2012

This article is the fourth in a six-part series on the 1872 Council of Constantinople, and this particular report covers the Council itself. It contains what is, to the best of my knowledge, the…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 3

December 3, 2012

In case you haven’t been following along, this is Part 3 in a 6-part series of articles we began last week, covering the 1872 Council of Constantinople, which famously condemned “phyletism.” All of these…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 2

November 30, 2012

Yesterday, I ran the first of six articles on the so-called “Bulgarian Question,” a controversy that rocked the Orthodox world in the early 1870s and ultimately led to the 1872 Council of Constantinople, which…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 1

November 29, 2012

Recently, I had occasion to research the 1872 Council of Constantinople, which somewhat famously condemned “ethno-phyletism.” The issue arose because, as I understand it, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church — which was under the jurisdiction…
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Fr. Andreades’ 1867 New Orleans homily

November 28, 2012

Archimandrite Stephen Andreades was the first priest of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in New Orleans. He arrived in late 1867, making him the very first resident Orthodox priest in the contiguous United States. Very…
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Freemasonry in American Orthodox history

November 20, 2012

Once upon a time, it was the norm for American men to be members of fraternal organizations. These were especially attractive to new immigrants, who wanted to be integrated into American society and make progress…
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