Below is his official obituary. Our prayers go to all who knew and loved him, and for the repose of his holy soul. Archimandrite John Maitland Moir (1924 – 2013) Father John Maitland Moir, Priest of the Orthodox Church of St Andrew in Edinburgh, founder of many smaller Orthodox communities throughout Scotland and Orthodox Chaplain […]
Renown Scottish Orthodox Priest Dies Just Weeks After Completing His Life’s Work
Another story of Orthodoxy in Scotland. More on Fr. John will be forthcoming next week. One of Scotland’s most senior priests died just weeks after seeing his “life’s work” complete – as his once tiny congregation bought a huge new church. Eastern Orthodox clergyman John Maitland Moir died last week at the age of 89, […]
Into Orthodoxy: The Long Journey Home
Being a Protestant, I of course did not fish outside the Protestant pool. I became an Anglican, and thereafter, an Anglican priest.
A Further Remembrance of Colonel Philip Ludwell III of Williamsburg, VA
The second Wednesday of Great Lent this year, March 14/27, will mark the 246th anniversary of the falling asleep in the Lord of the ever-memorable Colonel Philip Ludwell III, of Williamsburg, VA, the first documented convert to Orthodoxy in the Americas. Last year, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan […]
Baptisms At Strict Penal Colony In Russia
In the penal colony no. 1 of the Russian Management of Federal Service of Execution of Punishments in the Arkhangelsk region (the village of Pirsy) one of the main Church Sacraments, Holy Baptism, was performed. The Church calls Baptism the second birth. The Baptisms were performed in St. Tryphon’s Church, situated on the territory of […]
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