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Our latest research trip features a number of topics: Pursuing archaeological evidence of colonial Eastern Orthodox worship Lafayette visits the Ludwell-Paradise House in Williamsburg The Ludwell family and the origins of Bruton Parish Church Plus new video reports from these...

Seeking Archaeological Evidence at Green Spring’s Structure S: A Colonial American Orthodox Chapel?

28 Jan 2018

Nicholas Dujmovic

Places, Research

Documentary evidence suggests that Philip Ludwell III worshipped as an Orthodox Christian at his colonial Virginia home. But does any archaeological evidence exist that would support this view? Followers of the Philip Ludwell III story through the Associates will already...

A Greek Archbishop in 1600s London and The Americas

17 Jan 2018

Nicholas Chapman

Church, Places, Research

Invited to 1600s England by the Berkeley-Ludwell family, this Greek archbishop’s London parish was supported by two English kings before he took his faith to South America. Since discovering the story of Philip Ludwell III’s embrace of the Orthodox Faith,...

A Handwritten Glimpse Into the Prayer Life of Philip Ludwell III

08 Nov 2017

Nicholas Chapman

Church, Family

How did an Orthodox Christian in colonial Virginia pray? The prayer shown in this meme is taken from a handwritten book of over two hundred pages that I like to call “The Virginia Service Book,” begun by Philip Ludwell III...

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Getting to Know Colonial Virginia and the Ludwells: The Friends of Green Spring

07 Oct 2017

ACPL

Research

Since founding the Associates of Colonel Philip Ludwell III in 2015, we have been heartened to hear from our readers regarding our research on the life and times of Philip Ludwell III, the first known American convert to Eastern Orthodoxy....

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The Lees, Ludwells, and Slavery in Colonial Virginia

03 Sep 2017

ACPL

Family, Research

“Now, as freedom is unquestionably the birth-right of all mankind, Africans as well as Europeans, to keep the former in a state of slavery is a constant violation of that right and therefore of justice.” – Arthur Lee, nephew of Philip...

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Ludwell Research Trip: Uncovering Orthodox and Ludwell History in Colonial Virginia

Seeking Archaeological Evidence at Green Spring’s Structure S: A Colonial American Orthodox Chapel?

A Greek Archbishop in 1600s London and The Americas

A Handwritten Glimpse Into the Prayer Life of Philip Ludwell III

Getting to Know Colonial Virginia and the Ludwells: The Friends of Green Spring

The Lees, Ludwells, and Slavery in Colonial Virginia

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