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Jerusalem Wasn’t Really Autocephalous from 1669-1845

September 28, 2021

From the fall of the Byzantine Empire until the 17th century, it was customary for the Patriarch of Jerusalem to appoint his own successor, usually by making the chosen heir the Metropolitan of Caesarea.…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 6

December 6, 2012

This is the final Methodist Quarterly Review article dealing with the aftermath of the 1872 Council of Constantinople. From the Methodist Quarterly Review, April 1874. The Bulgarian Church question has, on the whole,…
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The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 5

December 5, 2012

This article is the fifth in a six-part series on the 1872 Council of Constantinople. In this installment, we learn about the aftermath of the Council. The one bishop who refused to sign the…
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Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931

October 27, 2009

On October 19, I wrote about Archbishop Panteleimon of Neapolis (today’s Nablus), a bishop of the Jerusalem Patriarchate who was active in America in the 1920s. Since then, thanks to help from some readers,…
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Abp Panteleimon & the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America

October 19, 2009

When most people think of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America, they think of the controversial jursidiction that spung up in the past decade or so, which included ethnic Palestinians and some former clergy of…
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The First Black Orthodox Priest in America

July 15, 2009

On today’s episode of the American Orthodox History podcast, we’re running a lecture I gave at the Brotherhood of St Moses the Black conference in Indianapolis at the end of May. The subject is Fr…
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