Tag: History
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Archbishop Hilarion: Stalin a ‘Monster’
HT: ONet blog Russian archbishop’s censure of Stalin as “a monster” makes waves By Sophia Kishkovsky Tuesday, 04 August 2009 23:00 MOSCOW (ENI) -— Comments by a senior official of the Russian Orthodox Church condemning Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, accusing him of genocide, shortly before a European security forum equated the crimes of Stalin and…
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Spengler: The Closing of the Christian Womb
The columnist for Asia Times addresses the decline of Arab Christianity and the causes of the “extreme rancor” that Arab Christians often express towards the Jewish State. “One of the big lies in the Middle East is that Israel somehow is responsible for the problems of Arab Christians,” Spengler writes. He also looks at a…
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The First Orthodox Liturgy in New York City
Matthew Namee provides an interesting account at Orthodox History about the first Orthodox Divine Liturgy ever held in New York City over a century ago on March 12, 1865 at Trinity Episcopal Church. Some highlights: The occasion for the service was the anniversary of Tsar Alexander II’s coronation; this appears to have been suggested not…
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The American Orthodox ‘Historiographical Problem’
Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. — Frederick Jackson Turner Here’s a new site worth a visit. The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas has launched a new blog…