Orthodox History

Moscow v. the Metropolia in the Supreme Court, Part 2: Justice Frankfurter’s concurring opinion

May 25, 2011

Matthew Namee

In my previous two articles (available here), I discussed the majority opinion in the 1952 Supreme Court case Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral. Today, I’ll discuss the concurring opinion of Justice Frankfurter. And just to be clear…
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Moscow v. the Metropolia in the Supreme Court, Part 1(a): Justice Reed’s majority opinion revisited

May 25, 2011

Matthew Namee

Yesterday, I discussed Justice Reed’s majority opinion in Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, a landmark 1952 Supreme Court case pitting the Moscow Patriarchate’s North American jurisdiction against the Metropolia (today’s OCA). The dispute was…
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Moscow v. the Metropolia in the Supreme Court, Part 1: Justice Reed’s majority opinion

May 24, 2011

Matthew Namee

It’s been forever since I wrote an article here at OH.org. I’ve been incredibly busy, with my family, my local parish, and law school classes taking up all of my time. I’m in summer…
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New Book from SOCHA Assoc. Director: Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy

May 12, 2011

Webmaster

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, one of the Associate Directors of the Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas, has a newly published work from Conciliar Press, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Exploring Belief Systems Through…
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30 Year Anniversary of Bob Marley’s Death

May 11, 2011

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the passing of Bob Marley, who finished his life as a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (his baptism was just six months before his death), we’re…
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George Brown: Pioneer of Orthodoxy in Chicago

April 25, 2011

Matthew Namee

In March, I gave a lecture at Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Westchester, Illinois, on the subject of Chicago’s Orthodox history. Since then, I’ve begun to probe deeper into the early history of…
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