Robert Josias "Raphael" Morgan was a Jamaican-American who is believed to be the first Black Eastern Orthodox priest in the United States. After being active in other denominations, including the AME
Metr. Joachim (Phoropoulos) of Pelagonia, Fr. Raphael's ordaining bishop
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George Alexander McGuire, founder of the African Orthodox Church and its first Primate (1921-1934)
Richard Allen was an American minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first
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…one of the most prestigious congregations in African-American Christianity. It was started in 1794 by Absalom Jones, who had been an early leader with Richard Allen of the Free African Union. This preceded Allen's founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1909, Charlotte Morgan filed for divorce alleging…
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Painting of Allen on display at the World Methodist Museum, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina