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Murder in San Francisco? The Mysterious Death of Fr Paul Kedrolivansky

March 20, 2023

Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky died on the evening of June 18, 1878, in the prison hospital in San Francisco, the victim of an apparent blow to the head. Since December 1870, Kedrolivansky had been the…
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This week in American Orthodox history (March 12-18)

March 12, 2012

This week is a busy one: March 14, 1767: Philip Ludwell III, the first Orthodox convert in American history, died in London. Decades earlier, in 1738, Ludwell had joined the Orthodox Church in London.…
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Source of the Week: the 1877 Holy Synod edict

February 5, 2010

For months now, I’ve been posting a new article virtually every weekday. I’ve got some things coming up in my life that will prevent me from writing quite that often, so in an effort…
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The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky

February 3, 2010

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.…
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