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How old are American Orthodox priests at ordination?
A few weeks ago, I published some data about American Orthodox bishops, including the fact that 58% of bishops in American Orthodox history were ordained to the priesthood before they turned thirty — this,…
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Statistics on Celibate & Widower Bishops in American Orthodoxy
I have a list of 213 Orthodox bishops who have served in America. Of these, 179 were never married (we’ll call them “celibates”), and the other 34 were widowers. So 84% celibates, 16% widowers.…
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Widower Bishops in American Orthodox History
Everyone knows that Orthodoxy doesn’t allow married men to become bishops. This is kind of a live issue here in America, because a lot of our jurisdictions have trouble finding qualified episocopal candidates, while…
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The Equal of Martyrdom: An Audio Documentary on Fr. Nicola Yanney
Back in October, I was honored to be part of a pilgrimage in Kearney, Nebraska to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the holy death of Fr. Nicola Yanney. My good friend and fellow SOCHA…
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The Nine Years That Almost Destroyed the Orthodox Church: 1925
Here are links to the previous articles in this series on the global Orthodox crisis of 1917-25: 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 By 1925, following his near-assassination, Patriarch Tikhon’s health was…
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The Nine Years That Almost Destroyed the Orthodox Church: 1924
Here are links to the previous articles in this series on the global Orthodox crisis of 1917-25: 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 In Poland, between 1918 and 1924, some 400 Orthodox churches…