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St. Makarii of Glukharev: A Quick Reminder that Alaska was not in a Vacuum

Over at Frontier Orthodoxy I have put up a post on St. Makarii of Glukharev. He was not an American saint. Nor did he ever come to America. I mention him here, though, as a reminder that the missionary work to Alaska did not occur in a vacuum. It was...

Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931

On October 19, I wrote about Archbishop Panteleimon of Neapolis (today's Nablus), a bishop of the Jerusalem Patriarchate who was active in America in the 1920s. Since then, thanks to help from some readers, I've learned more about Abp Panteleimon's later years in America. Here's an update. Abp Panteleimon seems...

From Aftimios Ofiesh to <i>The Satan Seller</i>

One of my odd hobbies in historical research is wandering the strange hinterlands of episcopi vagantes on the Internet. I think I first became interested in the phenomenon as I studied Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh (as previously mentioned, the subject of my M.Div. thesis). When I first encountered Aftimios's name, it...

“He kindles its very snows with his warm zeal…”

On my Ancient Faith Radio podcast, I'm in the midst of a three-part interview series with Eric Peterson on the subject of Alaskan Orthodox history. Today, AFR aired Part 2 of that series, focusing on the period from 1824 (St. Innocent) to 1867 (the sale of Alaska to the United...

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St. Makarii of Glukharev: A Quick Reminder that Alaska was not in a Vacuum

Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931

From Aftimios Ofiesh to <i>The Satan Seller</i>

“He kindles its very snows with his warm zeal…”