Orthodox History

The Life of Archbishop Michael Konstantinides

July 13, 2012

Matthew Namee

Editor’s note: Today, July 13, marks the 54th anniversary of Archbishop Michael Konstantinides, primate of the Greek Archdiocese. Archbishop Michael has been largely (and unfairly) forgotten, for a simple reason: his eight-year tenure was…
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Orthodox artifacts on eBay

July 10, 2012

Matthew Namee

First of all, let me apologize for being away from this site — and from the podcast — for so long. My wife gave birth to our third child a few weeks ago, and…
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Programming Note

June 27, 2012

Matthew Namee

Just a quick note of apology for the lack of new material both here and on the podcast. My third child was born last week, so as you might expect, life has been rather…
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Fr. Sebastian Dabovich & the mystery of St. Tikhon’s miter

June 21, 2012

Matthew Namee

In 2009, I wrote an article on the miter (crown) which Archbishop Tikhon Bellavin gave to Fr. Sebastian Dabovich at the Dabovich’s elevation to archimandrite in 1905, and which Dabovich later auctioned off to…
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This week in American Orthodox history (June 18-24)

June 18, 2012

Matthew Namee

June 21, 1863: Jovan Dabovich was born in San Francisco to Serbian immigrants. He would be baptized by an Orthodox priest aboard a visiting Russian ship, and he later became Fr. Sebastian, one of…
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Bogus aristocrats and Orthodox saints

June 12, 2012

Matthew Namee

At the very end of the 19th century, a fellow going by the name “Theodor O’Brien MacDonald, Baron de Stuart” appeared in New York City. His second and third names notwithstanding, the “Baron” claimed…
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