User:ASDamick

Dcn. Andrew, pedantic seminarian

My name is Dcn. Andrew Stephen Damick, and I'm an Antiochian seminarian studying at St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania), working on an M.Div. degree, preparing for ordination to the priesthood. I was ordained to the diaconate on October 30, 2005, by Bp. Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland (photos here). I am scheduled to be ordained to the holy priesthood on October 29, 2006, at All Saints Orthodox Church in Raleigh, NC, by Bp. Antoun (Khouri) of Miami.

I previously earned my B.A. in English Language and Literature and minors in Ancient Greek, Religious Studies, and Classical Studies from North Carolina State University, graduating in 2001.

I have a wide range of interests in various religious fields, especially regarding Orthodox Christianity, Byzantine Chant, Church History, and Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Saints. One of my major areas of research and interest is Orthodoxy in America, and I like writing articles in that area about things that I wish other people had written articles about. I'm also keenly interested in comparative religion, linguistics, etymology, English literature, and ancient languages.

I was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1975 and currently live in Simpson, Pennsylvania with my wife Shamassy Nicole. We're expecting our first child around Holy Week of 2007.

This user is an active sysop on OrthodoxWiki. Feel free to ask for help.

I'm a Southerner by birth and at heart, though I do wish there were more proper bakeries south of the Mason-Dixon Line. That's possibly one of the major things Yankees have gotten right. (They tend to do autumn fairly splendidly, too, though the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia can give 'em all a run for their money.)

I additionally serve as one of OrthodoxWiki's lowly sysops, and I've been editing on OrthodoxWiki since December 17, 2004, being the 10th user account created here. If you have a question or comment or want to reply to a message I left for you, leave it on my Talk page (I might not see it if you leave it somewhere else). I'm often the current editor-de-facto of the Featured article section on OrthodoxWiki, so if you'd like to see an article featured on the Main Page, let me know or comment in the Featured Articles Talk page.

I can also be found on Wikipedia: Wikipedia:User:ASDamick.

Items of note

• As of August 10, 2006, at 4:15pm (EDT), I had 8,973 edits (not counting my bot) on OrthodoxWiki. (If you want to know your own or anyone else's edit count, read instructions here.) As far as I can tell, I'm currently in the lead and hoping I hit 10,000 first. (There's probably no prize, though.)
• I'm occasionally curmudgeonly, but don't usually mean to be. The other drawback is that my indexing system probably won't make sense to you. It makes total sense to me, though, I swear. I also can't help but think in complete sentences, which can actually be rather debilitating at times.
• If you think I'm following you around on OrthodoxWiki (i.e., you notice I'm adding edits to articles shortly after you do), it's mainly because I keep my eye on Special:Recentchanges and notice what's seeing action. I can't help putting my oar in, as my grandmother used to say.
• I'm very much prone to asking the question, "Do we really need an article on [X] on OrthodoxWiki?" Unless we have something original, useful and substantial to offer, my view is that the wiki should be kept as small as possible. Running a tight ship helps to ensure that we remain on course.
• I like taking photographs, and you can see my work on OrthodoxWiki in the Damick Images category.
• Although I am an administrator on OrthodoxWiki, I'm really more interested in working on content than in administrative stuff.

External links

• My personal page (including weblog): Andrew Stephen Damick
• My book of poetry: Songs of Time and Season (ISBN 1-4116-0596-9)
• My Flickr photography site: Andrew's photos
• My site about St. John Chrysostom: The Saint John Chrysostom Webpage

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• OrthodoxWiki:Administrators
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To-do list

• Differences between Greek and Russian liturgics
• OrthodoxWiki:Articles from the DEC
• Orthodoxy in Great Britain and Ireland
• Orthodoxy in Western Europe
• Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
• OrthodoxWiki:Differences with Wikipedia
• OrthodoxWiki:Frequently Asked Questions

Articles

Articles on OrthodoxWiki that I've created, imported, or to which I feel I've contributed significant content include:

Encyclopedic entries

Abgar Abouna Adam and Eve Addai Aftimios Ofiesh Agnoetai Aidan of Lindisfarne Ainoi Akathist Akedia Alban Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America Alexander Schmemann American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese American Orthodox Catholic Church Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania Andrew Phillips Annunciation Ansgar Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Antoun (Khouri) of Miami Apostles Apostolic Fathers Archimandrite Archons Archpriest Ascension Augustine of Hippo Autocephaly Autonomy Auxiliary bishop Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople Basil (Essey) of Wichita Basil (Osborne) of Amphipolis Bede Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America Bibliography of Orthodoxy in America Bulgarian Diocese in Exile Byzantine Chant Byzantine Notation Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly Caedmon Canonical release Cantor Catechumen Cathach of St. Columba Church Calendar Church Fathers Church Music Church of Alexandria Church of Antioch Church of Constantinople Church of Estonia Church of Finland Church of Japan Church of Jerusalem Church of Romania Church of Rome Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem) Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem) Church of Ukraine Columba of Iona Cornelius (Rodousakis) of Petra David of Wales Diocese Diocese of Korsun Diocese of Sourozh Dormition Ecclesiastical History of the English People Ecclesiology Ecthesis Ecumenical Councils Ecumenical Patriarchate in America Ecumenism Eighth Ecumenical Council Elevation of the Holy Cross Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple Skete (Hayesville, Ohio)

Epigonation Episcopi vagantes Exarch of the Holy Sepulchre Feminism in the Orthodox Church Filioque First Ecumenical Council Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona Full communion Gabriel (de Vylder) of Komana Gospel Great Feasts Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America Gregory Palamas Hagiography Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) Harold of England Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York Hermeneutics Hesychasm Hesychastarion Heterodoxy Hilda of Whitby History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts) Holy Scripture Holy Synod Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America Iconography Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch Ignatius of Antioch Independent Orthodox churches Innocent of Alaska Introduction to Orthodox Christianity Iona Irenaeus of Lyons Irenaios I (Skopelitis) of Jerusalem Isidore of Pelusium Jesus Christ Jesus Prayer John Chrysostom John I of Antioch Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia Ligonier Meeting Lindisfarne Lindisfarne Gospels List of American bishops List of American saints List of American writers List of Archbishops of Athens List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches Liturgical objects Living Church Local church Locum tenens Macedonian Orthodox Church Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York Marcion Mark of Ephesus Maron of Syria Martyr Maximus the Confessor Metochion Metropolia Monasticism Monk Mount Athos Nativity Nativity of the Theotokos Nazarite New Calendar New Martyrs Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed Ninth Ecumenical Council Oikonomia Olaf of Norway Old Believers Old Calendarists Oriental Orthodox Orthodox Church Orthodox Church in America

Orthodox Church of France Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement Orthodoxy in America Oswald of Northumbria Palm Sunday Pascha Paschal greeting Paschal Homily Passion-bearer Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe Patriarchate Pentarchy Pentecost Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria Philip (Saliba) of New York Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York Polycarp of Smyrna Praxis Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Presbeia Presbyter Presentation Presentation of the Theotokos Prophecy of St. Nilus Prosphora Raphael of Brooklyn Reader Revised Julian Calendar Robber Council of 869-870 ROCOR and OCA Russian Exarchate of North America Russian Orthodox Church in Exile Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Russification Saint Saint commemorations Saint titles Septuagint Seraphim Rose Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas Stavropegial St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow) St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai) St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Brotherhood (Surrey, England) St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio) St. Paul Skete (Grand Junction, Tennessee) St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France) St. Theodore House (Galion, Ohio) St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania) St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York) Stephen (Dzubay) of Pittsburgh Synod of Whitby The Way of a Pilgrim Theodora (wife of Justinian) Theodosios Atallah (Hanna) Theophany Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem Theotokos Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland Timeline of Church History Timeline of Orthodoxy in America Transfiguration Typos Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA Western Rite Western Rite Vicariate Whitby Abbey Wulfila

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