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"Although school children are no longer taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America, what they are not told - and what is not generally known - is that the first European to set foot on the New World was an Orthodox Christian, some five hundred years before the Roman Catholic Genoan. Who was he? ..." [http://orthodox-iceland.blogspot.com/2005/10/orthodox-america.html "Orthodox America. Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago" by Priest Andrew Phillips]
: I haven't seen it published anywhere, but a couple of the folks from that situation are now here at St. Tikhon's and have told me about it. —[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:14, July 9, 2006 (CDT)
::There may be references to it in The Word if it was done before June (which I imagine it was). Do you know when it was, by chance? — edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="red">Pι</font>]][[Special:Listusers/sysop|s]][[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="yellow">τ</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pistevo|é]][[User:Pistevo|<font color="blue">vο</font>]] at 17:24, July 9, 2006 (CDT)
::: It's been over the course of the past several months, I believe. At first there was one (a friend's father), but now there are apparently several. —[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 20:47, July 9, 2006 (CDT)
==Orthodoxy in the Americas==
Presently this timeline addresses events in North America. Since the presence of Orthodoxy is increasing in South America should we include those events in this timeline, with a re-titling to ''Orthodoxy in the Americas''. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 18:13, December 26, 2008 (UTC)
: ''America'' is a funny word. I think most people use it to mean the USA almost exclusively, while it has a kind of academic existence to refer to NA and SA.
: I think perhaps rather than renaming and expanding this article, perhaps we should start a separate [[Orthodoxy in South America]] series, including a timeline. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 20:11, December 26, 2008 (UTC)
:: If "America" is usually used exclusively for the USA, and the timeline discusses events in Canada too, should the article be retitled to include all of North America? [[User:Steorra|Steorra]] 05:07, December 27, 2008 (UTC)
I agree that using the word "America" has many connotations. When I wrote my initial comments, the thought also came to mind that perhaps two articles may be desirable in the event its length were to become too long. Perhaps a "north" and "south" divide may be the way to go. I would go for the this "north" - "south" divide as it would get around the difficulties of the citizens of those countries who also consider themselves "American", as in the American continents. In my younger days I remember many in South America were disturbed by this USA use and would refer to "Americans'" as "Norte Americanos."
In this vain our references to "Orthodoxy in Asia", when we talk mainly about the eastern part of Asia, forgets that Christianity started in Asia - the Churches of Antioch and Jerusalem are "Asian" and a large part of the church of Constantinople is also Asian. Some time ago I altered the "Orthodoxy in Asia" banner to read "East Asia" and I haven't heard any comments on this modification. As Orthodoxwiki expands our naming conventions could cause some confusion. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:51, December 27, 2008 (UTC)