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Jerusalem Wasn’t Really Autocephalous from 1669-1845

Sep 28, 2021

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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. In 1666, Patriarch Nektarios of Jerusalem appointed his 25-year-old archdeacon, Dositheos Notaras, as Metropolitan of Caesarea, and two years later, Nektarios…

The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 6

Dec 6, 2012

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Matthew Namee

in Global Orthodoxy, Inter-Orthodox

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, attracted less attention during the year 1873 than in the previous years. The Bulgarians, undoubtedly, have the sympathy of the Slavic…

The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 5

Dec 5, 2012

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Matthew Namee

in Global Orthodoxy, Inter-Orthodox

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 Council’s decree was the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and when he returned to Jerusalem, he was deposed by his Holy Synod. This…

Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931

Oct 27, 2009

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas, Uncategorized

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, I’ve learned more about Abp Panteleimon’s later years in America. Here’s an update. Abp Panteleimon seems to roughly parallel the Antiochian…

Abp Panteleimon & the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America

Oct 19, 2009

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

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 Ss. Peter and Paul (Antiochian) in Ben Lomond, California. This jurisdiction received a bishop in 2002, but it was dissolved just…

The First Black Orthodox Priest in America

Jul 15, 2009

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Matthew Namee

in Early Converts, Firsts, Orthodoxy in the Americas

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 Raphael Morgan, the first black Orthodox priest in America. The text of the lecture is below. Also, later this year, St.…

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Jerusalem Wasn’t Really Autocephalous from 1669-1845

The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 6

The “Bulgarian Question” and the 1872 Council of Constantinople, Part 5

Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931

Abp Panteleimon & the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America

The First Black Orthodox Priest in America