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Bishop Nestor appeals to President Hayes, 1880

Mar 14, 2011

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The following article appeared in the New York Times on March 23, 1880, detailing an early communication between Nestor Zass, the Russian Bishop of Alaska and the Rutherford B. Hayes, the President of the United States. WASHINGTON, March 22. — On Saturday last the President received a letter from Bishop Nestor, of the Greek Church,…

Source of the Week: Dabovich on Bishop Nestor

Mar 2, 2010

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Matthew Namee

in Online Sources, Orthodoxy in the Americas

On today’s episode of my American Orthodox History podcast, I talk about the tragic death of Bishop Nestor Zass, head of the Diocese of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska from 1879 to 1882. One of Bp Nestor’s parishioners in San Francisco was the 19-year-old Jovan Dabovich, the future Archimandrite Sebastian. Years later, Dabovich wrote a…

The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky

Feb 3, 2010

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Matthew Namee

in Orthodoxy in the Americas

On today’s episode of my American Orthodox History podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, I tell the story of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky’s suspicious death. For the whole story, you’ll want to listen to the podcast. There are quite a few characters involved, and I thought it might be helpful to provide a brief introduction to each…

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Bishop Nestor appeals to President Hayes, 1880

Source of the Week: Dabovich on Bishop Nestor

The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky