Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America
Non-canonical religious organization, known by the name of "Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America", was proclaimed in the beginning. 1934 by the former priest of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Christopher (Kontogeorgiosom). Despite its name, "Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria" had no relation to the Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Moreover, the activities of the priest Christopher did not have the endorsement of its immediate high priesthood and had a divisive character.
February 10, 1934 Christopher Priest (Kontogeorgios) non-canonical way was ordained, "the archbishop Pontikopeyskogo". It was attended by the Primate to ordain "American Orthodox Catholic Church," "Bishop" Sophronius (Bishara) and the hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Albania Duressky Metropolitan Theophan (Noli).
Archbishop Christopher (Kontogeorgios) with the followers of the Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America
In the first half of the 1940s. "Archbishop" Christopher (Kontogeorgios) has begun the process of settling the canonical status of "Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America," and in 1945 he entered into canonical communion with the Archbishop of North and South America Athenagoras (spirit), the American Exarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople (in 1948-1972 years. Patriarch of Constantinople). Soon after, in 1947, a unit of the church, headed by Archbishop Christopher, has been recognized as a legitimate American Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria (the official name of "Alexandrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in the United States" - "Alexandrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in the United States"). In connection with recent reforms, Christopher (Kontogeorgios) has lost a very honorable Greek-speaking in the local Orthodox Churches, the title of "Archbishop", replacing it with a more modest title of "Metropolitan Pentapolskogo".
During the eleven years of existence of the unrecognized "Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America" (1934-1945) "Archbishop" Christopher (Kontogeorgios) has participated in the ordination uncanonical "bishops" for some okolopravoslavnyh American religious organizations. The latter circumstance is the reason that many modern American non-canonical organization of erecting a line of succession to the "Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America" and "Archbishop" Christopher (Kontogeorgiosu).
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