Month: February 2011
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The Kodiak Bell in the LA Times, 1923
Editor’s note: The following article appeared in the Los Angeles Times on May 13, 1923, and was entitled, “Tolls Story of Old California.” An old and battered bell, hanging in an orange grove where…
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The Remarkable Life and Career of Reverend Father Demosthenes Chiamardas (Tsiamardas, 1864-1957), Part 1
Erie, Pennsylvania (AP). “The Reverend Demosthenes Chiamardas, 93, reportedly the first Greek Orthodox clergyman to be ordained in the United States, who came to this country in 1905, from his native Greece, died Thursday.”…
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The Kodiak Bell should be returned to Alaska
On 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, I have since learned…
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Photos of the oldest Orthodox church in Texas
Way back in the summer of 2009, we went down to Houston to visit family, and while there, we made a special trip to the nearby city of Galveston. Really, my family was indulging…
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SOCHA to co-sponsor 1st American Orthodox historical symposium at Princeton University
SOCHA is pleased to announce: Pilgrims and Pioneers The Growth of Orthodox Christianity in 20th Century America Friday, September 30 – Saturday, October 1, 2011 Princeton Theological Seminary This symposium will examine some of…
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Iakov Babin & the Il’mena Island Massacre of 1815
Yesterday, we posted the St. Peter the Aleut entry from Richard A. Pierce’s Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary. In that excerpt, Pierce offered this theory: “Since the extermination of Indians on ‘Il’mena Island’ by…
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Excerpt: Richard Pierce on St. Peter the Aleut
Editor’s note: The late Dr. Richard A. Pierce was among the foremost historians on Russian Alaska, and his many books remain standards in the field. In 1990, he published Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary…
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Three bishops for America in 1870?
This article was originally published on October 30, 2009. On July 19, 1870, a Philadelphia newspaper called the North American and United States Gazette published the following report: The Russian Ambassador has received instructions…
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Guest article on St. Peter the Aleut
Editor’s note: The following guest article was written by Christopher Orr. Here are a few thoughts on the discussion about the historicity of the martyrdom account of St. Peter the Aleut kicked off…
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18th century Russian bell in California
Yesterday, Isa Almisry made a great comment full of fascinating links and references. One of the most intriguing is this one, on a Russian bell housed at the Mission of San Fernando el Rey…