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Languages : en
Pages : 475
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Chronology of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
Author: Historical Outline of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America and in Particular of the Parish of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the City of Toronto (Classic Reprint)
Author: Leonid Ivan StrakhovskyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333815684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Excerpt from Historical Outline of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America and in Particular of the Parish of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the City of Toronto At that time Bishop John had under his jurisdiction, besides Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and California, also a parish in New York which was founded in 1870 and whose first pastor was Father Nicholas Bierring, a native of Denmark and formerly professor of philosophy and history of the Roman Catholic Seminary in Baltimore, who Joined the Rus sian Orthodox Church because of his disagreement with the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope. In this church in New York the liturgy was performed, in turn, in Church Slavonic and in English, and the English services attracted a growing attendance of Americans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Historical Outline of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America and in Particular of the Parish of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the City of Toronto
Author: Leonid Ivan StrakhovskyPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290893381
Category : Orthodox Eastern Church, Russian, in Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Historical Outline of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America and in Particular of the Parish of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the City
Author: Leonid Ivan StrakhovskyPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353061217
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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The Quest for Orthodox Church Unity in America
Author: Archimandrite SerafimPublisher:
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Category : Christian union
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics
Author: Irina PapkovaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199791149
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
"There is little written about the Russian Orthodox Church, and precious little by political scientists who use qualitative, critical methods. This book is a welcome contribution and will receive attention from political scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists of religion." ---Catherine Wanner. Associate Professor of History. Anthropology and Religious Studies. Penn State University --Book Jacket.
History of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America
Author: Basil M. BensinOrthodox Christians in America
Author: John H. EricksonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This book outlines the evolution of Orthodox Christian dogma, which emerged for the first time in 33 A.D., before shifting its focus to American Orthodoxy--a tradition that traces its origins back to the first Greek and Russian immigrants in the 1700s. --from publisher description.
The Russian Orthodox Church
Author: Jane EllisA Concise History of the Russian Orthodox Church
Author: Neil KentPublisher:
ISBN: 9781680539073
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Languages : en
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"Orthodox Christianity is one of the world's major religions, and the Russian Orthodox Church is by far its largest denomination. Few know its history and spiritual richness, however. Neil Kent's comprehensive new book fills that gap. The Russian Orthodox Church's Eastern roots, including its dogma, canons, and practices, are explored, along with the political and military contexts in which it carried out its mission over the centuries. Hemmed in between the Catholic powers of pre-Reformation Europe in the West, the Mongol steppe empires to the East, and the Islamic civilizations to the South, Russia and its Church found themselves in a difficult position during the Middle Ages"--