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Leif Eriksson: The First Orthodox Christian in America

September 10, 2015 By Fr. John 14 Comments

by Abbot Tryphon Most people are aware that the Norse explorer Leif Eriksson was the first European to reach America, some 500 years before Christopher Columbus, but very few know he arrived as part of a Christian mission. Fewer still realize Leif Eriksson was an Orthodox Christian. Having become a hirdman (guard) of the royal […]

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