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In this sweeping history, Alexander Kitroeff shows how the Greek Orthodox Church in America has functioned as much more than a religious institution, becoming the focal point in the lives of the country's million-plus Greek immigrants and their descendants. Assuming the responsibility of running Greek-language schools and encouraging local parishes to engage in cultural and social activities, the church became the most important Greek American institution and shaped the identity of Greeks in the United States. Kitroeff digs into these traditional activities, highlighting the American church's dependency on the "mother church," the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the use of Greek language in the Sunday liturgy. Today, as this rich biography of the church shows us, Greek Orthodoxy remains in between the Old World and the New, both Greek and American.

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 juin 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781501749452
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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THE GREEK ORTHODOXCHURCH IN AMERICA

A volume in the NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies Edited by Roy R. Robson

For a list of books in the series visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.

THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA

A Mo de r n Hist o r y

A l e x a n d e r K i tr o e f f

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS AN IMPRINT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.

First published 2020 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names: Kitroeff, Alexander, author. Title: The Greek Orthodox Church in America : a modern history / Alexander Kitroeff. Description: Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020. | Series: NIU series in orthodox Christian studies | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019037651 (print) | LCCN 2019037652 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501749438 (cloth) | ISBN 9781501749919 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501749445 (epub) | ISBN 9781501749452 (pdf ) Subjects: LCSH: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America—History. | Greek Americans—Religion. | Greek Americans—Ethnic identity. Classification: LCC BX738.G73 K587 2020 (print) | LCC BX738.G73 (ebook) | DDC 281.9/495073—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037651 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037652

Cover image: Bell towers of SS Catherine and George Greek Orthodox Church on 33rd Street in the Ditmars section of Astoria, New York, built in the early 1970s to accommodate a growing number of Greek immigrants. Photograph by the author.

For Speros Vryonis (1928–2019) Beloved teacher and friend

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Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xiii A Note on Language and Transliteration xv

Introduction 1. Greek Orthodoxy Arrives in America 2. Americanization and the Immigrant Church in the 1920s 3. Greek Orthodoxy versus Protestant Congregationalism

4. The Greek Orthodox Church in between Greece and America 5. Assimilation and Respectability in the 1950s 6. The Challenges of the 1960s 7. Greek Orthodoxy and the Ethnic Revival 8. Church and Homeland 9. Toward an American Greek Orthodoxy 10. The Challenges for an American Greek Orthodoxy

11. Church and Patriarchate and the Limits of Americanization

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12. Greek Orthodoxy in America Enters the TwentyFirst Century

Notes 265 Bibliography 281 Index 297

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A c k n o w l e d g m e nt s

This book owes its existence to a generous grant from the Jaharis Family Foundation, which deserves the greatest part of my gratitude. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios granted me access to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s archive, where archivist Nikie Calles was an extremely helpful guide while also sharing the extraordinary knowl edge she acquired in her long service first at the side of Archbishop Iako vos and later as archivist. Father Robert Stephanopoulos generously shared his knowledge as well as his extensive library with me. Anita Isaacs helped me plan the project and deal with the logistics of doing research in New York City. My thanks also go to Photini Tomai, director of the Historical Archive of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her staff; Andrea Bain bridge, university archivist, DePaul University Special Collections and Ar chives; Daniel Necas, archivist at the Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota; George I. Paganellis, at the Tsakopou los Hellenic Collection at the California State University, Sacramento; Rob Haley, interlibrary loans librarian at Magill Library, Haverford College; and Art Dimopoulos, who gifted me a part of the material collected by his fa ther, the late Father George Dimopoulos of St. Demetrios Church in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The late Peter B. Christie granted me access to mate rial related to the early history of the Annunciation Church in Philadelphia, which later moved to Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Numerous persons with direct experience of Greek Orthodoxy in Amer ica’s recent history were kind enough to share their knowledge in informal conversations, which provided valuable background information. They are Simos Dimas, a New York–based attorney who served on the Archdioce san Council; Michael Jaharis, a longstanding member of the Archdiocesan Council; Father Alex Karloutsos, who worked closely with Archbishop Iako vos and later with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew; Christine Lee Vicar at All Angels’ Church in New York; Maria Makedon, former education di rector at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese; the late Panayotis Makrias, who had a long career in the Greek American press; Peter Marudas, an official of

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