Orthodox History

Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931

October 27, 2009

Matthew Namee

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,…
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Fr. Arsenios Davis & communion with Episcopalians

October 26, 2009

Matthew Namee

Officially, of course, the Orthodox Church has never been in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church. Yes, there’s been some close dialogue over the years, and once upon a time even St. Raphael blessed…
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Orthodoxy in Chicago, 1888-1892

October 23, 2009

Matthew Namee

Back in June, I did one of my first podcasts on an attempt, in 1888, to form a multiethnic parish in Chicago. Here are the basics: By 1888, there were about a thousand Orthodox Christians living…
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St. Tikhon’s Vision, 1905

October 21, 2009

Matthew Namee

In 1905, the Holy Synod of Russia was preparing for an All-Russian Council. In advance of this, the Synod asked all the diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Church to send in their opinions on…
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A Russian Church in New York, 1895

October 20, 2009

Matthew Namee

Since the closing of Fr. Nicholas Bjerring’s chapel in 1883, New York City had been without a Russian Orthodox place of worship. Greek churches were founded in the city in 1892 and ’94, and…
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Abp Panteleimon & the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America

October 19, 2009

Matthew Namee

When most people think of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America, they think of the controversial jursidiction that spung up in the past decade or so, which included ethnic Palestinians and some former clergy of…
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