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Fr. Ilia Zotikov: A Hieromartyr in a File Drawer

February 15, 2012

One of the little mysteries I’ve been meaning to research for some time has a bit of a family connection. This past week, I finally had the opportunity to delve into it, and the…
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Solving the mystery: the 1921 pan-Orthodox gathering of bishops

January 28, 2010

Back in July, Fr. Andrew wrote about the above photo, which depicts a gathering of American Orthodox bishops in the early 1920s: Greeks Meletios and Alexander, Russians Platon and Alexander, and Syrian Aftimios. At…
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Not Quite SCOBA

July 13, 2009

Few photos from the early 20th century history of American Orthodoxy are so rich in significance as this one. This was taken during the 1921 visit of then-deposed Abp. Meletios (Metxakis) of Athens to…
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