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Greek and Russian Orthodox Oral History Collection

 Anna Keith

Greek Russian Orthodoxy Oral History Collection (GRO)

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Title

Anna Keith Oral History
Creator Interviewer: Stephanie Leiderman

Subject
LCSH

Keith, Anna
Leiderman, Stephanie
Russian Orthodox Church  -- History
Russian Orthodoxy -- traditions
Russian Orthodoxy -- Asheville, NC
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church:

Description

Father Onouphry Keith  and his wife, Anna,  converted to Russian Orthodoxy in the 1980's, leaving the Roman Catholic Church.  Onouphry was ordained into the priesthood in 2000 at the age of 60 years. Fr. Onouphry  works with St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church outside of Asheville, NC.
 

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
 

Date

2009-03-08

Type

Sound; text

Format

Audio cassette converted to CD, 9 page TRANSCRIPT

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/GRO/keith_anna.html

Source

OH-Greek & Russian Orthodoxy Oral History Collections-Keith, Anna

Language

English

Relation

Greek
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/greek_russian_orthodox_asheville/
greek_orthodox_holy_trinity_church/default_greek_orthodox.htm
Russian
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/
greek_russian_orthodox_asheville/russian_orthodox/default_russian_orthodox.htm

Coverage

1940s-2008
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 342 ;  Date of acquisition: May 2008

Processed By

Special Collections staff

Interview Date

2008-02-27
Interview Location St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Fletcher, North Carolina

Biography

Anna Keith was born in 1944 in Washington, DC.  Her Jewish parents immigrated from Russia in 1894. She converted from Judaism to Catholicism and married Onouphrey Keith in 1971.  In 1990, both Anna and her husband moved to North Carolina as Onouphrey Keith was ordained to the priesthood in the Russian Orthodox Church at St. Nicholas Church in Fletcher.

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