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Fort Loudon in Tennessee is one of three in the United States named after Lord Loudoun, who was commander of British forces in North America during the French & Indian War (Seven Years War). As an appointed member of Virginia’s Council...

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Audio: Historic Liturgy Served in Washington, DC Using 18th-century Ludwell Translation

02 Apr 2015

Nicholas Kosar

Audio, Church, Events

An historic event took place in Washington, DC on March 20, 2015, when perhaps the earliest English translation of the Orthodox lenten liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts was celebrated. Reader Nicholas Chapman introduces and gives a background to this translation...

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Video: Book Preview of Book “Embassy, Emigrants and Englishmen”

20 Dec 2014

ACPL

Church, Videos

On December 14, 2014, Nicholas Chapman, director of the Holy Trinity Monastery Press in Jordanville, New York, previewed the newly released book Embassy, Emigrants, and Englishmen. The book contains eye-opening information about the unlikely history of a centuries-old church located at the heart...

Iconostasis at St Aidan Orthodox Church, Manchester, England.

Podcast: Glimpses of Orthodoxy in Great Britain and America

15 Nov 2014

ACPL

Audio, Church

In a podcast hosted on Ancient Faith Radio, Reader Nicholas Chapman provides an exploration of Orthodox Christianity in Britain and later America in a transatlantic connection between the Reformation and the First World War. This lecture was hosted by Fr. Gregory...

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Book Launch in London: “Embassy, Emigrants, and Englishmen”

04 Nov 2014

Nicholas Chapman

Church, Events, Research

To mark the publication of Embassy, Emigrants, and Englishmen, a reception was held on the evening of Tuesday, 4th November, 2014. The publishers of the book, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, USA, and the Cathedral parish of the London Russian Orthodox Church Abroad...

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First Orthodox Liturgy Celebrated at Historic William & Mary Wren Chapel

22 Mar 2014

Nicholas Kosar

Church, Events, Places

On Sunday, March 16, at the request of the College of William & Mary’s Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen; former Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America & Canada of the Orthodox Church in America) celebrated the Divine...

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Book Launch in London: “Embassy, Emigrants, and Englishmen”

First Orthodox Liturgy Celebrated at Historic William & Mary Wren Chapel

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