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Encyclopedia > List of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in North America

The following is a list of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions with a presence in North America. Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

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Affiliated with SCOBA

The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) is an Eastern Orthodox organization designed to help cooperation among the several Eastern Orthodox Christian jurisdictions to be found in the Americas. ... The Archdiocese of America is a jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Patriarch of Constantinople. ... The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with about 75 parishes in the United States and Canada, led by Metropolitan Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos. ... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA (UOC of USA) is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States. ... The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (often referred to in North America simply as the Antiochian Archdiocese) is the sole jurisdiction of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada with exclusive jurisdiction over the Antiochian Orthodox faithful in those countries, though these faithful were originally cared... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian: , Bylgarska pravoslavna cyrkva) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6. ... The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in North America. ...

In communion with SCOBA jurisdictions

The Jerusalem Patriarchate in America The churches belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America are technically referred to as belonging to the Epitropia of the Holy Sepulcher in America since the Church of Jerusalem does not have any local resident diocese but is essentially... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) is an Eastern Orthodox Church in Canada, primarily serving Ukrainian Canadians. ... The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (Russian: , ), also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, or ROCOR) is a jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodoxy formed in response against the policy of Bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution of 1917. ...

Resistance groups

The following groups are not currently in full communion with the above for various alleged errors: Full communion is completeness of that relationship between Christian individuals and groups which is known as communion. ...

  • The Moderate Old Calendar Greek Orthodox Church Holy Synod in Resistance (Synod of Metropolitan Kyprian)
  • The Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church (Synod of Metropolitan Blasios)
  • The Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria

"Walled off" groups

These churches have "walled themselves off" and do not practice communion with any other Orthodox jurisdictions nor do they tend to recognize each other:

The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church initially belonged to the Polish Orthodox Church that was granted autocephaly by Constantinople following the First World War. ... Greek Old Calendarists (Greek: Παλαιοημερολογίτες, Paleoimerologites) are groups that separated from the Greece or from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, precipitated by disagreement over the retention of the Julian Calendar. ... The Macedonian Orthodox Church (Macedonian: Македонска Православна Црква, Latinic: Makedonska Pravoslavna Crkva) is the body of Christians who are united under the Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia. ... In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the Old Believers (Russian: ) separated after 1666 - 1667 from the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon. ... Following the death of Patriarch Tikhon unrest settled over the Russian Orthodox Church. ... In 1921 a Sobor created the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Kyiv and ordained Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) as head of the UAOC. The UAOC was at that point independent of all other churches. ... The Holy Orthodox Church in North America or HOCNA is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church located primarily in the United States and Canada, with additional communites in Europe and Africa. ...

External links

  • Orthodoxy in America (OrthodoxWiki article)
  • World Orthodox Churches
  • Introduction to SCOBA (OCA Website)
  • Official SCOBA Website


 

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