St. Symeon Orthodox Church Choir, Birmingham, Alabama
Aside from the surprise to me that shouldn't be surprising at all, is this choir from this Orthodox Church from Birmingham, Alabama. I don't know why it should be anymore surprising to me to find out there are Orthodox Christians in Alabama anymore than it is to find them in New England.
I looked at their website and especially liked this answer in their F.A.Q.s page
The Orthodox Church in America, or OCA, is the successor of the first mission to North America begun by St. Herman and other Russian monks in Alaska in 1794. The Church has been in America since that time and was granted autocephalous (self-governing) status by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1970. At the time we took the name “Orthodox Church in America,” because our mission is to be a Church for all peoples in America, and not to any particular ethnic group. We are in full communion with the Greek Orthodox Church and the other Orthodox Churches throughout the whole world.
I like catholicity in Christian Churches. It's so much friendlier than nationalism. Come to think of it, I like it in governments, too.
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