The Stories Behind the Names of Orthodox Christians in the China Historical Christian Database (Zoom event, Sept 11, 2023)

On Monday September 11th at 10:30 am EST (Boston) / 16:30 (Berlin) / 22:30 (Beijing), the BU Center for Global Christianity & Mission is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Aleksandrs Dmitrenko who will uncover some of the names and stories of Orthodox missionaries and lay people who will appear shortly in the release 2.0 of the China Historical Christianity Database (CHCD). For instance, learn about:

• A woman from Edinburgh who was raised in an Anglican family, studied in Russia, went to China as a refugee, became an Orthodox nun and died in the GULAG around 1955
• Orthodox priests who converted to the Eastern Catholic Church and Roman Catholic priests who joined the Orthodox Church
• Members of the Russian Fascist Party, White Russians and supporters of Communism
• St. John of Shanghai
• The brother of the Russian painter and theosophist, Nicholas Roerich
• A victim of the Japanese Unit 731, which ran lethal human experiments on their captives
• The man who taught English to Emperor Nicholas II
• And more…

All of these very different people came together in one region of China, Manchuria, and many of them lived in the same city, Harbin. Discover the multifaceted world of the Orthodox Church at this crossroads in China, as well as ways the study of the Russian Orthodox Church in China might be enhanced by the CHCD.

Join us on Zoom: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/7085784737