Gavin Moulton is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include religion, labor, and architecture, especially Slavic diasporas in the industrial United States.

June 05, 2026

Gavin Moulton

View looking upward at the onion domes of Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral at 15 East 97th Street, New York, New York, circa 1975.

When the Orthodox Church Was Red

Drawn to its promise of a “trad” conservative lifestyle, young American men are increasingly converting to Russian Orthodoxy. But two generations ago, the Orthodox Church in the US was an FBI-surveilled hotbed of Bolshevik-inspired leftism.

Jacobin

1 Article(s) by: Gavin Moulton

When the Orthodox Church Was Red