Orthodox History

Source of the Week: the 1877 Holy Synod edict

February 5, 2010

Matthew Namee

For months now, I’ve been posting a new article virtually every weekday. I’ve got some things coming up in my life that will prevent me from writing quite that often, so in an effort…
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The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky

February 3, 2010

Matthew Namee

On today’s episode of my American Orthodox History podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, I tell the story of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky’s suspicious death. For the whole story, you’ll want to listen to the podcast.…
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The most common names of American Orthodox clergy

February 1, 2010

Matthew Namee

Recently, I did a study of the most common names of American Orthodox parishes. In response, Christopher Orr commented, “I wonder what a similar study of clergy (bishop, priest, deacon) names would show. My guess…
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Irvine warns Dabovich about the Episcopal Church

January 29, 2010

Matthew Namee

Fr. Sebastian Dabovich was a monumental figure in American Orthodox history. An American-born Serb, he founded numerous parishes — Serbian and otherwise — under the auspices of the Russian Mission in America. He is…
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Solving the mystery: the 1921 pan-Orthodox gathering of bishops

January 28, 2010

Matthew Namee

Back in July, Fr. Andrew wrote about the above photo, which depicts a gathering of American Orthodox bishops in the early 1920s: Greeks Meletios and Alexander, Russians Platon and Alexander, and Syrian Aftimios. At…
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The Erratic Life of Fr. Patrick Mythen

January 27, 2010

Matthew Namee

Fr. Patrick Mythen was an Orthodox Christian for just four years, but in that time, he was one of the most powerful priests in the whole Russian Archdiocese. This period — 1920-1924 — was…
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