Tag: Job Osacky

This week in American Orthodox history (February 6-12)

Feb 6, 2012

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

February 6, 1993: Bishop Job Osacky was enthroned as the new OCA Bishop of Chicago, almost exactly ten years after his consecration to the episcopate. Bishop (and later Archbishop) Job went on to become a key advocate for transparency in the recent OCA crisis before his untimely death in 2009. February 8, 1973: St. Vladimir’s…
This week in American Orthodox history (January 23-29)

Jan 23, 2012

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

January 23, 1921: Fr. Ingram Nathaniel Irvine died of heart disease in New York, at the age of 71. Irvine has been a frequent topic on this website. Born in Ireland, Irvine came to the US as a teenager and served as an Episcopal priest for a quarter century before being defrocked by his bishop…