Houston, November 27, 2024
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The Orthodox Studies Institute at St. Constantine College in Houston has announced a new course on American Orthodox History.
The Institute, dedicated to the study and examination of Orthodox matters in light of holy Tradition, was launched in June of this year. It published a widely read series from a survey concerning American converts in July.
The new course on American Orthodoxy will be taught by Matthew Namee, the Executive Director of the Institute, who has been running OrthodoxHistory.org since 2009. He’s given numerous talks on Church history over the years at most of the major Orthodox institutions and venues in the United States. He is also an attorney working exclusively on Orthodox Church matters for a nonprofit ministry.
Earlier this year, he published his first book: Lost Histories: The Good, the Bad, and the Strange in Early American Orthodoxy.
The new course offering is divided into four parts:
Part 1: Pre-Ellis Island era
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Focus on early scattered Orthodox Christians in the United States
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Collection of stories about these pioneer Orthodox believers
Part 2: The Great Immigration (turn of the 20th century)
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Era of St. Tikhon and St. Raphael
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Ends with Bolshevik Revolution and immigration restrictions
Part 3: 1920s to 1960s
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Establishment of various Orthodox jurisdictions
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Period of Americanization for Orthodox communities
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Orthodox people becoming rooted in American life
Part 4: 1965 onwards
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Formation of SCOBA
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Establishment of the OCA (Orthodox Church in America)
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Growth of American converts to Orthodoxy
“It’s a lot of ground to cover in four classes, and it’ll be a wild ride! I hope many of you will join me,” writes Namee.
Learn more and register for the course at the Institute website.
Register by December 1 to be entered into a drawing to win a signed copy of Lost Histories, with a fun fact about American Orthodox history that didn’t make it into the book.
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