American Orthodox History

By Matthew Namee, and Ancient Faith MinistriesReligion & Spirituality Christianity

American Orthodox History episodes

January 20, 2010 American Feasts of Theophany
Matthew looks at a few of the ways in which Theophany has been celebrated throughout American Orthodox History. Learn more HERE and HERE.
17 min
December 16, 2009 Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia
Matthew interviews Nicholas Chapman, the Managing Director of Orthodox Christian Books, about an 18th-century Orthodox convert from Virginia named Philip Ludwell III. Ludwell gave George Washington his commission in the army and was a cousin of George's wife Martha. Learn more HERE and HERE.
1 hr 5 min
December 15, 2009 Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia
Matthew interviews Nicholas Chapman, the Managing Director of Orthodox Christian Books, about an 18th-century Orthodox convert from Virginia named Philip Ludwell III. Ludwell gave George Washington his commission in the army and was a cousin of George's wife Martha. Learn more HERE and HERE.
1 hr 5 min
December 02, 2009 Before SCOBA, There was the Federation
Matthew interviews historian Fr. Oliver Herbel about a little-known—though very important—1940s precursor to SCOBA. Learn more HERE.
46 min
November 04, 2009 The American Orthodox Catholic Church
Matthew interviews Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Associate Director of the Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas, about another of the past attempts at Orthodox administrative unity. Learn more HERE.
1 hr 3 min
October 21, 2009 The Russian Mission in America: Part Two
Matthew continues his discussion with Fr. John Erickson about one of the past attempts at Orthodox administrative unity. Learn more HERE.
55 min
October 20, 2009 The Russian Mission in America: Part One
Matthew interviews Fr. John Erickson, the preeminent historian of American Orthodoxy, about one of the past attempts at Orthodox administrative unity. Learn more HERE.
56 min
October 14, 2009 The Russian Mission in America: Part One
Matthew interviews Fr. John Erickson, the preeminent historian of American Orthodoxy, about one of the past attempts at Orthodox administrative unity. Learn more HERE.
56 min
September 30, 2009 The First Two Convert Priests
Matthew discusses the careers of Nicholas Bjerring (1870) and James Chrystal (1868), the first two convert priests in American Orthodox history. Learn more HERE.
35 min
September 16, 2009 Fr. Ingram Nathaniel Irvine - Part 2
Matthew continues the story of the first great American convert priest. Learn more HERE.
25 min