Orthodox History

Parish Names in American Orthodoxy

January 22, 2010

Matthew Namee

Here’s a trivia question for you: What is the most common name for an Orthodox parish in the United States? This isn’t really an historical question, and it’s opening what is not strictly an…
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Theophany in American Orthodox history

January 21, 2010

Matthew Namee

The latest episode of my American Orthodox History podcast is up over at Ancient Faith Radio. In it, I discuss the feast of Theophany, focusing on several historical celebrations of the feast, including the…
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The Forgotten Saint of the Forgotten Church on the Forgotten Island

January 20, 2010

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Archimandrite Theoclitos Triantafilides is one of the most remarkable figures in American Orthodox history. An ethnic Greek, he served as tutor to the future Tsar Nicholas II and went on to establish the multiethnic parish of…
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Blessing the Kansas River, 1910

January 19, 2010

Matthew Namee

For Orthodox Christians on the Old Calendar, today is the feast of Theophany. I’m hoping to air a whole podcast on Theophany very soon, but in the meantime, I thought I’d reprint…
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Anti-Greek Riots in Omaha

January 18, 2010

Matthew Namee

The Greeks first arrived in South Omaha, Nebraska, in 1904, brought in as strikebreakers in the local meat-packing industry. That didn’t exactly endear them to the community, but they settled in, and by 1907, over 2,000…
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Protestant missions among Syrian Orthodox in Boston

January 15, 2010

Matthew Namee

Exactly 100 years ago — January 15, 1910 — the following article appeared in the Boston Globe: GREEKS OBSERVE NEW YEAR. Services Held in City Churches and Gifts are Exchanged. The members of the Orthodox Greek church…
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