American Orthodox History The story of Orthodoxy in the Americas

Start date: May 2009 623 minutes, 14 seconds in 19 episodes

Matthew Namee explores our early American Orthodox past. He is a writer and lecturer specializing in early American Orthodoxy. Matthew is also the Associate Director of The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas (SOCHA). Supplemental information for many of the podcast episodes can be found at the SOCHA website.

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Date	Title & Description	Duration
Feb 03, 2010	The Mysterious Death of Fr. Paul Kedrolivansky Matthew recounts the first of many scandals that have rocked the St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco and then explains why knowledge of such scandals is important. Learn more HERE. Click to play	36:35
Jan 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. Click to play	16:52
Dec 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. Click to play	64:19
Dec 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. Click to play	45:39
Nov 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. Click to play	62:06
Oct 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. Click to play	54:47
Oct 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. Click to play	55:59
Sep 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. Click to play	34:11
Sep 16, 2009	Fr. Ingram Nathaniel Irvine - Part 2 Matthew continues the story of the first great American convert priest. Learn more HERE. Click to play	24:48
Sep 09, 2009	The Strange Career of the Bulgarian Monk Matthew introduces us to the most outlandish figure in the history of Orthodoxy in America. Learn more HERE.	20:03
Aug 26, 2009	Fr. Ingram Nathaniel Irvine - Part 1 Matthew begins the story of the first great American convert priest. Learn more HERE.	18:00
Aug 13, 2009	Agapius Honcharenko Matthew tells us about an interesting and colorful character from the late 1800's in American Orthodox history. Learn more HERE.	20:14
Jul 29, 2009	The Myth of Past Unity This week's episode features a speech that Matthew delivered at the 2009 St. Vladimir's Seminary Summer Conference on the myth of past unity in American Orthodox history. Click here for supplemental material related to this episode.	57:46
Jul 15, 2009	Fr. Raphael Morgan This week's episode features a speech that Matthew delivered at the 16th Annual Ancient Christianity and African-American Conference on Fr. Raphael Morgan: America's first black Orthodox priest. Click here for supplemental material related to this episode.	25:08
Jul 01, 2009	Alaska - Part 3 Matthew concludes his discussion with Eric Peterson about the spread of Orthodoxy in Alaska from the 18th century to the early 19th century. Click here for supplemental material related to this episode.	16:54
Jun 24, 2009	Alaska - Part 2 Matthew continues his discussion with Eric Peterson about the spread of Orthodoxy in Alaska from the 18th century to the early 19th century. Click here for supplemental material related to this episode.	14:03
Jun 17, 2009	Alaska - Part 1 Matthew interviews Eric Peterson, who has a Master's Degree from the University of Kansas in Russian and East European studies with a focus on Orthodox missions to America. The topic is the spread of Orthodoxy in Alaska from the 18th century to the early 19th century.	13:14
Jun 05, 2009	Chicago, 1888 Matthew tells the story of a pan-Orthodox parish that almost was. Click here for supplemental material related to this episode.	15:55
May 22, 2009	American Orthodoxy in the 18th and 19th Centuries Matthew provides a brief overview of early American Orthodoxy to establish a framework for future discussions.	14:59
May 05, 2009	Introduction In his first episode, Matthew explains why it is important to study American Orthodox History.	11:42