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John Glen King

XVIII Century
Rev. King, a clergyman, scientist, and keen observer, was the Anglican chaplain in St. Petersburg during part of the reign of Catherine I. His 1772 book Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia was long the most detailed source of information about Orthodoxy available to English-speakers.
Under construction --- far from complete! Read with caution.

ABOUT:
- Gabriel Smith (after Pierre Etienne Falconet): John Glen King. Engraving, dated 1771, now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. --- Nat'l Portrait Gallery
WORKS:
- Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia, (1772). New York: AMS Reprint, 1987. Includes extensive translations of Slavonic liturgical texts.

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