Orthodox History

Orthodoxy in America – an Interconnected and Shared History

December 10, 2012

Nicholas Chapman

Presentation given by Nicholas Chapman of Herkimer NY at the OCL 25th Anniversary Conference, Washington DC on Oct 27, 2012. (Original here) Before I begin let me thank George Matsoukas and the Board of OCL…
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Early stages of the Bulgarian schism from Constantinople

December 7, 2012

Matthew Namee

We just finished running a series of six articles on the 1872 Council of Constantinople, published contemporaneously in the Methodist Quarterly Review. The following article is from about a decade earlier, and describes the…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 6

December 6, 2012

Matthew Namee

This is the final Methodist Quarterly Review article dealing with the aftermath of the 1872 Council of Constantinople. From the Methodist Quarterly Review, April 1874. The Bulgarian Church question has, on the whole,…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 5

December 5, 2012

Matthew Namee

This article is the fifth in a six-part series on the 1872 Council of Constantinople. In this installment, we learn about the aftermath of the Council. The one bishop who refused to sign the…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 4

December 4, 2012

Matthew Namee

This article is the fourth in a six-part series on the 1872 Council of Constantinople, and this particular report covers the Council itself. It contains what is, to the best of my knowledge, the…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 3

December 3, 2012

Matthew Namee

In case you haven’t been following along, this is Part 3 in a 6-part series of articles we began last week, covering the 1872 Council of Constantinople, which famously condemned “phyletism.” All of these…
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