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Timeline Of Eastern Orthodoxy In America
The timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in North America represents a timeline of the historical development of religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in North America. Early visits and missions (1700–1900) * 1741 Divine Liturgy celebrated on a Russian ship off the coast of Alaska. * 1767 A community of Orthodox Greeks establishes itself in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. * 1787 The US Constitution is drafted in Philadelphia. * 1794 Missionaries, including St. Herman of Alaska, arrive at Kodiak Island, bringing Orthodoxy to Russian Alaska. * 1796 Martyrdom of Juvenaly of Alaska. * 1799 Ioasaph (Bolotov) Consecration#Consecration of bishops, consecrated in Irkutsk as first bishop for Alaska, but dies in a shipwreck during his return. * 1803 Louisiana Purchase expands American territory beyond Mississippi River. * 1804 The double-headed eagle became a motif widely used in Tlingit people, Tlingit art, after the Battle of Sitka, Russian-Tlingi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline
A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representing time, suiting the subject and data; many use a linear scale, in which a unit of distance is equal to a set amount of time. This timescale is dependent on the events in the timeline. A timeline of evolution can be over millions of years, whereas a timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks can take place over minutes, and that of an explosion over milliseconds. While many timelines use a linear timescale—especially where very large or small timespans are relevant -- logarithmic timelines entail a logarithmic scale of time; some "hurry up and wait" chronologies are depicted with zoom lens metaphors. History Time and space, particularly the line, are intertwined concepts in human thought. The line is ubiquitous in clocks in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
