Tag: SOCHA


Want to write about American Orthodox history?


Dear Readers, Since we started this website last June, we have published around 300 articles. I believe I've written the majority of them, but we've received many outstanding contributions from other SOCHA members and guest authors. Up to now, all of the guest articles have come at my request -- as...

Website study survey closed


On March 23, 2010, we linked to a survey of the OrthodoxHistory.org site being conducted by Donna Mazziotti, a librarian at the University of Scranton. The study is wrapping up, so the survey is now closed. On behalf of Miss Mazziotti, thank you for your responses. If you are interested...

Lecture at the Clergy-Laity Congress


For any of our readers who will be attending the upcoming Greek Archdiocese Clergy-Laity Congress in Atlanta: On Monday and Tuesday (July 5 and 6), I will be giving a talk on early Greek Orthodoxy in America. My talk focuses roughly on the 1860-1920 period, and regular readers of OrthodoxHistory.org...

A break for Holy Week


For the remainder of Holy Week, I'm going to take a break from writing new articles. We'll have new material up on Bright Monday, April 5. In the meantime, feel free to check out our many past articles -- we've got almost 200 up so far, and you can navigate...

OrthodoxHistory.org User Survey


Dear Friends, Donna Mazziotti, a librarian at The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is conducting a study about theology and technology. She would love to hear from OrthodoxHistory.org users about how they access the content and use the information contained on OrthodoxHistory.org. As a user of this site and...

Antiochian.org interview


I was recently interviwed by Virginia Nieuwsma of Antiochian.org, the official website of the Antiochian Archdiocese. They ran the interview today, and you can read it by clicking here.

American Orthodox History in 2009


It's the end of another year, and I thought I'd do what so many others are doing, and take a look back at the year that has passed. But I won't be revisiting all the significant events that took place in 2009; rather, I want to consider the progress of...

A note of thanks


I happened to pick up an old favorite off the bookshelf recently -- E.H. Carr's classic What Is History?, published in 1961. It's a wonderful little book about the method of history; if you majored in history in college, there's a good chance you've heard of it. It's not quite...

Podcast series on past attempts at unity


I thought I'd let all the readers of this website know that I've launched a bit of a miniseries on my Ancient Faith Radio podcast. For the next five or six episodes, I'll be interviewing experts (and SOCHA members) Fr. John Erickson, Fr. Andrew Damick, and Fr. Oliver Herbel. In...

Parish Histories


Yesterday, we announced the addition of some new pages on the SOCHA website, including a Resources page. In the past day, we've added links to dozens and dozens of web pages that deal with various aspects of American Orthodox history. There's actually a huge quantity of material out there on...