Tag: Matthew Namee
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Transcript of Bp. Basil interview about the Episcopal Assembly
Matthew Namee talks with His Grace Bishop Basil, the newly elected Secretary of the Episcopal Assemblies. We learn of his impressions of the historic May 26-28 gathering in New York as well as the assignment he has been given to coordinate the work of the committees that will be formed leading up eventually to a…
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American Orthodox demographics, 1906-1936
HT: OrthodoxHistory.org. This data and chart is from OrthodoxHistory.org. Author: Matthew Namee. Every ten years, from 1906 to 1936, the US Census Bureau compiled a Census of Religious Bodies. These censuses are gold mines of information on early American Orthodoxy. Also, unlike so many of the inflated numbers that you’re likely to see floating around,…
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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…