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Russian Orthodoxy in Mormon Utah

May 5, 2014 By Fr. John 4 Comments

by Peggy Stack Religious folk would call it a miracle. A decade ago, when a pony-tailed Michael van Opstall showed up to teach at the University of Utah, there were only handfuls of Russian immigrants who desired Orthodox church services in their native language. Van Opstall wasn’t Russian, wasn’t yet “Father Michael” and hadn’t even […]

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