Source: Orthodox History
The US Congress imposed immigration quotas in 1924, ending the Ellis Island era of immigration. With no more newcomers, Orthodoxy in America began to assimilate more rapidly into American society, as the children and grandchildren of the original immigrants came to see themselves as Americans, even if they held onto their cultural inheritances (which, in practice, included Orthodoxy). These American-born Orthodox spoke English as their first language, and the use of Old World languages in church services became an obstacle. . .
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