Text transcribed from caption: CENTRAL U.S. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FIGURE #S-1300 METROPOLITAN THEOPHILUS of San Francisco is the central figure in the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States. The Council of Bishops in Chicago recently delayed action for two years on a proposal to place the American Church under the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarch Alexei. Said Metropolitan Theophilus: “The bishops prefer a free, democratic, independent, American Church until they are convinced that the Moscow Church is free of political domination.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GM-SF-TFD-12-5-A-E-O-D-W)

1945

still image

portraits

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negative : black-and-white ; 7 x 5 inches

Pashkovsky, Feodor Nikolaevich, Theophilus, Metropolitan of San Francisco.
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Bishops.
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Relations-- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.
Religious News Service--Archives.

Bishops--California--San Francisco.
Church congresses--Illinois--Chicago.
Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union.
Church and state--Soviet Union.
Cold War.

California
San Francisco.
Illinois
Chicago.
Soviet Union.
San Francisco (Calif.)
North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. S-1300; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_S-1300

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