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This week in American Orthodox history (April 23-29)

Apr 23, 2012

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by

Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas, Pre-1921 Unity

April 29, 1900: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, MA split into two factions. Here’s what I wrote about that schism in my paper, “The Myth of Past Unity”: [O]ne portion of the parish wanted to discharge their priest, Fr. Nathaniel Sideris, and “hire” another. “We have the right to tell a priest that…