Orthodoxy in America: Mission and Converts

The missionary and ascetical life of American Orthodoxy: liturgical English, the convert movement, the saints of North America, and monasticism.

Tradition: Pan-Orthodox (North American context)

Section Contents

• english-liturgy-movement.md — From Hapgood’s 1906 Service Book to the translation families and language politics of today
• convert-movement.md — Conversion waves from mid-century intellectuals through the 1987 Evangelical Orthodox reception to the post-2020 surge, with sourced data
• american-saints.md — Survey of the glorified saints of North America with verified glorification data
• monasticism-in-america.md — The monasteries: Jordanville, St. Tikhon’s, Platina, New Skete, the Ephraimite houses, women’s communities

See Also

• Section README
• Spiritual Life — the practices converts encounter
• ROCOR saints — saints treated in the ROCOR section

References

• See the section README for the principal sources used throughout this section; each content file carries its own full reference list.