The Death of Aftimios Ofiesh

Автор: Fr. Andrew S. Damick | Рубрика: «Американская Православная Католическая Церковь»

I had meant to write something about this yesterday, since July 24 marks the anniversary of the death of Aftimios Ofiesh, the sometime Archbishop of Brooklyn, who departed this earthly life in 1966. Aftimios was briefly the leader of the American Orthodox Catholic Church (1927-33), the first attempt to create a united, pan-Orthodox, autocephalous Orthodox Church for North America.

Дата публикации: 12.02.2014 | Просмотров: 1688

Bishop Joseph Zuk: A brief biographical overview

Автор: Matthew Namee | Рубрика: «Американская Православная Католическая Церковь»

Joseph A. Zuk was the first Ukrainian Orthodox bishop in America, but little has been written about his life. I don’t know a lot, but from the sources I’ve collected, we can piece together a brief biographical sketch. This isn’t much, but I thought it might be worthwhile to get the very basics out there, so we can begin filling in the gaps.

Дата публикации: 08.01.2014 | Просмотров: 1544