Tag: Dmitri Royster

This week in American Orthodox history (Nov. 5-11)

Nov 5, 2012

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by

Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

November 8, 1894: Memorial services for Tsar Alexander III of Russia were held in New York and Washington, DC. The New York memorial was held in Holy Trinity Greek church, because there was no Russian church in the city. In Washington, President Grover Cleveland attended the service, which was led by Bishop Nicholas Ziorov. A…