Orthodox church in America
The unofficial name - the American Orthodox Church. Autocephalous Church of America, not recognized by all Orthodox Churches.
The question of the special status of Orthodox parishes in North America rose more in the beginning of the XX century Archbishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Tikhon (Bellaavinym), the future Patriarch of All Russia. In its proposals for the Presence Preconciliar he proposed to convert the existing North American diocese in the Exarchate. It was connected with what is actually in the diocese run by the Russian Church parishes were other Orthodox churches - Syrian, Serbian, Greek, etc., which naturally leads to the canonical controversy. The idea of granting broad autonomy support in 1916 and Archbishop Evdokim (Meshchersky). But this question has remained unresolved since the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 the leadership of the diocese are having problems communicating with the church authorities in Moscow. In 1927 the Orthodox Church in America headed by Platon Rozhdestvensky headed for independence, severing relations with both the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
In 1947, the Moscow Patriarchate has made an attempt to bring back under its jurisdiction so-called North American metropolis, but the management refused to meet the metropolis, after which the Synod of the Orthodox Church has imposed its ban on priestly hierarchy. April 9, 1970 the ban was lifted, communication is restored. The next day, the Orthodox Church in America was granted autocephaly. In the jurisdiction of the ROC were 44 parishes, united in the Patriarchal parishes in the United States.
It should be noted that already during the negotiations against the gift of autocephaly served the Church of Constantinople, headed by Patriarch Athenagoras, which considers the lack of canonical authority of the Russian Orthodox Church to commit such acts. To date, OCA recognizes only the Bulgarian, Georgian, Polish and Czechoslovak Orthodox Churches.
OCA's canonical territory covers the parishes in the U.S., Canada and Mexico (over 500). Ingredients:
Metropolitan (Washington) Diocese
Diocese of Alaska
The Diocese of Washington
The Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania
The Diocese of the West
Diocese of Western Pennsylvania
Diocese of New England
Diocese of New York and New Jersey
The Diocese of the Midwest
The Diocese of the South
Romanian bishopric
Bulgarian Diocese
Albanian Archdiocese
Archdiocese of Canada
Mexican Exarchate
Since 2008, headed by Metropolitan of All America and Canada Jonah (Paffhauzen).
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