- (Patron
Saint St.
Irenaeus of Lyons,
secular name John
Bekish, born Ivan
Dmitriyevich Bekish, Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Бекиш, Polish: Jan Bekisz; 2 October...
- and
early church father.
Irenaeus or
similar may also
refer to:
Irenaeus (
Bekish) (1892–1981),
primate of the
Orthodox Church in
America Irenaeus (grammarian)...
- 1950
until his
death in 1965. He was
succeeded by
Metropolitan Irenaeus (
Bekish).
Leonid Ieronimovich Turkevich was
ordained to the
priesthood in 1905,...
- the
confirmation of our Faith." On
August 9, 1970,
Metropolitan Ireney (
Bekish) of the OCA
along with
Archbishop Paul (Olmari) of
Finland and
other hierarchs...
-
Installed October 25, 1977 (1977-10-25)
Predecessor Metropolitan Irenaeus (
Bekish)
Successor Metropolitan Herman (Swaiko)
Other post(s)
Bishop of Alaska;...
-
Alaska (as
Diocese of Kamchatka, the
Kurile and
Aleutian Islands)
Irenaeus Bekish (as
autocephalous Orthodox Church in America)
Recognition Autocephaly recognized...
- New York,
Metropolitan of All
America and
Canada (1950–1965)
Irenaeus (
Bekish),
Archbishop of New York,
Metropolitan of All
America and
Canada (1965–1977)...
- M****achusetts
Northern Deanery – Maine, New Hampshire, and
Vermont Ireney (
Bekish) (14 June 1960 - 23
September 1965)
Dmitri (Royster) (September 1972 - 1978)...
-
History Diaconal ordination Date
March 1964
Priestly ordination Date
April 1964
Episcopal consecration Consecrated by
Ireney (
Bekish) Date 10
February 1973...
-
taken toward American Orthodox unity; at 12th All-American Sobor,
Ireney (
Bekish)
succeeds Metr.
Leontius (Turkevich) as
primate of the Metropolia; North...
