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A Further Remembrance of Colonel Philip Ludwell III of Williamsburg, VA

April 20, 2013 By Fr. John 6 Comments

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 […]

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