Author: Matthew Namee
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Under-30 American Orthodox Priests Are Disappearing
A few weeks ago, I published some preliminary data from a study I’m conducting on the ordination ages of American Orthodox priests, as well as the waiting period between convert priests’ conversions and their…
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How long do converts wait before ordination?
Last week, I wrote about the ordination ages of American Orthodox priests. In that article, I made some preliminary observations about the length of time converts to Orthodoxy wait before ordination to the priesthood…
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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…
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The Nine Years That Almost Destroyed the Orthodox Church: 1923
Here are links to the previous articles in this series on the global Orthodox crisis of 1917-25: 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 As we begin 1923, just by way of reminder: Patriarch Tikhon…
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The Prestige of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Editor’s note: Yesterday, I continued my series on the global Orthodox crisis of 1917-25, focusing on 1922. One of the many major events that year was the Ecumenical Patriarch Meletios Metaxakis’ recognition of Anglican…