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This timeline of the life of Father Nicola Yanney was written and compiled by Father Christopher Morris of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Kearney, Nebraska with the help of the Yanney family. Fr. Nicola Yanney was an important figure in the early Syrian Orthodox Church in America and the first to serve the Orthodox community in the Midwest.
Father Nicola was born in Fi'eh al-Koura, Lebanon in 1873 and immigrated to the United States around 1893, settling in Nebraska. In 1904 he was ordained by Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny (St. Raphael of Brooklyn). He was the first permanent pastor of St. George Orthodox Church in Kearney, Nebraska. He also ministered throughout the Midwest to communities in nineteen states including the far reaches of Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Kansas. He died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu.
This collection includes a narrative timeline written by Father Christopher Morris of Father Nicola Yanney's life beginning with his birth in 1873 and ending in 1921. The timeline includes photographs throughout and two appendices, one with other important dates and the second with missionary journey listings.
This collection is arranged in the order it was received.
The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.
[Identification of item], Father Nicola Yanney Timeline, GR 0011, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora
Gift of Christopher Morris, 2018 July (Accession No. 2018.003).
Processed by Marjorie Stevens, 2018. Finding aid content contributed by Marjorie Stevens and Laura Lethers, 2017 and 2023. Finding aid created by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
This collection is made up of digitized materials and is open for research. The digital material in this collection is provided on the Khayrallah Center Archive’s website for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.
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[Identification of item], Father Nicola Yanney Timeline, GR 0011, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora
The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.