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	Orthodox Church in America - OrthodoxWiki
		Churches that do recognize its autocephaly are mainly those in former Communist lands (most of which had thus come under the influence of the Church of Russia), including the Church of Russia, the Church of Bulgaria, the Church of Poland, the Church of Georgia, and the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
		According to apologists for OCA autocephaly, it is common for recognition of autocephaly to be granted belatedly; however opponents regard the grant as not being within the purview of Moscow's prerogatives (see Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly).
		The Statute of the Orthodox Church in America
	orthodoxwiki.org /Orthodox_Church_in_America (1945 words)

	Orthodox-Catholic Church of America -- History
		Statistics published in 1991 by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America indicates that 80 percent of all Orthodox in America are either American born or American reared from infancy.
		It is a sad commentary that the established church, with a clear and definite message to apply to the salvation of both souls and nations, was mute in a Western world and society perishing for need of the truth and the effectual power of Christ and His Church.
		As to the Russo-American Church, its positive attitude toward the Orthodox-Catholic Church of America was nobly articulated in a June 1915 letter which Father Ingram Irvine, head of the English department of St. Nicholas Russian Cathedral, addressed to Archbishop Vilatte, "Archbishop of America".
	www.orthodoxcatholicchurch.org /history.html (7964 words)

	Orthodox Church in America - OrthodoxWiki
		Churches that do recognize its autocephaly are mainly those in former Communist lands (most of which had thus come under the influence of the Church of Russia), including the Church of Russia, the Church of Bulgaria, the Church of Poland, the Church of Georgia, and the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
		According to apologists for OCA autocephaly, it is common for recognition of autocephaly to be granted belatedly; however opponents regard the grant as not being within the purview of Moscow's prerogatives (see Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly).
		The Statute of the Orthodox Church in America
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Orthodox_Church_in_America (1954 words)

	Orthodox Church in America
		The Orthodox Church in America traces its origins to the arrival in Kodiak, Alaska of eight Orthodox missionaries from the Valaamo Monastery in the northern Karelia region of Russia in 1794.
		In the early 1960s the OCA at that time it was known as the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America, or The Metropolia entered into dialogue with the Moscow Patriarchate in an attempt to regularize the Metropolias status.
		The Orthodox Church in America is fully committed to the unity of Orthodoxy in North America.
	www.faithstreams.com /topics/members-and-partners/orthodox-church-in-america.html (797 words)

	The Orthodox Church in America and Its Future
		Therefore, Orthodox churches the world over are today offering thanks to God for having granted to Christendom those spiritual giants in the first thousand years, when all Christendom was united in one Church.
		America is your cradle and your earthly motherland.
		America is constantly sounding the sympathetic watchwords: "dignity of man" and "liberty of men and nations." But the deepest meaning of these watchwords can be found in the sacred teaching of Him without Whom we can do nothing.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /general/stnikolai_america.aspx (2583 words)

	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
		The Institute will take place from June 5 - 9, 2007 at the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (PAOI) in Berkeley, CA and is sponsored by the Department of Religious Education, the Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, and the PAOI.
		News: Condolences from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
		This study, by the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (PAOI), is a first step towards a better understanding of the numerous challenges and various issues that Greek Orthodox parishes deal with in their daily lives.
	www.goarch.org (327 words)

	Guidelines for Clergy in the Orthodox Church in America -- Part 5
		The Church does not consider the sharing of organs as a lessening of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the deceased, or as a transmigration of part of the donor to the recipient.
		Orthodox participation in Councils of Churches or Ministeriums is acceptable with the blessing of the diocesan hierarch.
		Although non-Orthodox clergy may not deliver a sermon in an Orthodox church, they may be invited to give lectures or presentations in the educational facilities of the church, In any case, the diocesan hierarch is to be consulted for his blessing.
	aggreen.net /guidelines/guide05.html (3015 words)

	ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
		The non-Chalcedonian Churches include the Coptic Church of Egypt, the Ethiopian Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Church of St. Thomas in India, and the Jacobite Syrian Church of Antioch.
		The first Greek Orthodox parishes in North America were under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople which had over the centuries assumed responsibility for the diaspora communities and assigned to them their priests.
		Archbishop Demetrios, the former Metropolitan Demetrios of Vresthena (Greece) was unanimously elected the new Archbishop of America on August 19, 1999 and was enthroned on September 18.
	www.goarch.org /en/archdiocese (2200 words)

	OCA - Orthodox Church in America News
		Bishop Basil (Osborne) of Sergievo, the Administrator of the Russian Orthodox Diocese in the United Kingdom, wrote to Patriarch Aleksy II of Moscow to request a canonical release and subsequently to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of to request acceptance into the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
		The persecution and humiliation of the Russian Orthodox Church by the communist regime strengthened the bonds of affection and solidarity which connected Metropolitan Anthony with the Russian Orthodox Church.
		He was made diocesan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in the UK, and his diocese became known by the name of “Sourozh,” an ancient episcopal missionary see in the Crimea whose title was given to him as archbishop and finally as metropolitan.
	www.oca.org /News.asp?ID=1013&SID=19 (970 words)

	Holy Orthodox Church in North America - Becker Bible Studies Library
		The Holy Orthodox Church in North America later broke with the ROCOR after there were allegations of sexual misconduct in 1986, at Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline, Massachusetts.
		The Holy Orthodox Church in North America was led by the Elder of the monastic communities, Archimandrite Panteleimon (Metropoulos), under the theological doctrine of the Greek Orthodox Archdioceses of America.
		The Holy Orthodox Church in North America believes in the Holy Scripture and the holy tradition, the canons of the seven councils, and the teachings of the anti-Nicene Fathers.
	www.guidedbiblestudies.com /library/holy_orthodox.htm (1227 words)

	The resurrection of Jesus Christ: Fact or fable?
		Several North American Orthodox dioceses which respond to a North American headquarters which reports directly to the headquarters of an Orthodox faith group in another country.
		For example, religious essays often refer to "orthodox Christian beliefs" to refer to beliefs held in common by a broad range of Christian faith groups in past centuries.
		Orthodox Church is often referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church.
	www.religioustolerance.org /orthodox.htm (607 words)

	Orthodoxy in America - Home
		Today, the Orthodox Church in North America, as throughout the world, is characterized by her diverse ethnic and cultural expressions of "the faith once delivered to the saints."
		Administratively, the churches in the New World developed as missionary dioceses or extensions of their mother churches abroad, thus resulting in several Orthodox jurisdictions in this land.
		The oldest of these missionary dioceses was granted ecclesiastical independence from her mother church in 1970, thereby becoming one of the fifteen autocephalous churches of the world, taking the name of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).
	orthodoxyinamerica.org (223 words)

	The Orthodox Church in America - Russia.com Discussion Forum
		I came to Orthodoxy in a small OCA mission in Norfolk VA. This particular OCA mission was Conservative, so I was under the illusion that all of Orthodoxy was the same.
		The Church I went to in central New York had pews, they knelt on Sunday and did a lot of other things that I had been taught were important to avoid.
		I also believe that 'the Church' (with a capital 'C') is not abuilding, but the body of Christ on earth, made up of ALL believers who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
	www.russia.com /forums/religion/25483-orthodox-church-america.html (1143 words)

	The Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States of America and Canada: 25 Years of Maturing
		The establishment of three dioceses in place of the single Serbian Orthodox Diocese of the United States and Canada in 1963 was a gigantic step forward for the Church, and a natural result of its process of growth and maturing.
		It was for this reason that Bishop Dionisije of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada suggested to the Holy Assembly of Bishops that he be given assistance with the consecration of three new bishops from the ranks of his clergy: Archimandrite Dr. Firmilian (Ocokoljic), Archimandrite Gregory (Udicki) of Youngwood, Pennsylvania, and Fr.
		The establishment of the three new dioceses was a prerequisite for the further growth and development of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada along the lines of traditional Orthodox ecclesiastical life and the establishment of effective programs which transcended the limits of the local parish.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /articles/church_history/serbian_america_history.htm (1616 words)

	Holy Trinity Orthodox Church - The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Orthodoxy came to North America in 1794, through the missionary initiative of the Orthodox Church in Russia.
		After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, however, the Russian Church was in no position to administer the churches in America.
		The flood of Orthodox newcomers to America between the world wars came with organic ties to the mother churches of their homelands, resulting in the multiplicity of ethnic synods we have today (Greek, Serbian, Russian, etc).
	www.htoc.us /oca.htm (180 words)

	State cleric new head of Orthodox Church in America
		ORLANDO, Fla. -- Archbishop Herman, head of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, was elected Monday as the new spiritual leader of the Orthodox Church in America.
		The Orthodox Church in America, which has Russian roots, has about 3 million followers in 2,500 parishes across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
		The OCA's central office is in Syosset, N.Y. Among the issues for which Herman will be expected to provide leadership is strengthening evangelism efforts among immigrants to the Americas from traditionally Orthodox Christian lands in Europe and the Middle East.
	www.post-gazette.com /nation/20020724orth4.asp (220 words)

	Leader of Greek Orthodox Church in America Receives Honorary Doctorate - Sacred Heart University
		Archbishop Demetrios was elected Archbishop of America on August 19, 1999, by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
		As Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, His Eminence was elected in 2004 as a member of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
		On the occasion of the patronal feast of the Church of Rome, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Archbishop Demetrios led the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to The Vatican and met with Pope John Paul II in June 2003.
	www.sacredheart.edu /pages/4171_leader_of_greek_orthodox_church_in_america_receives_honorary_doctorate.cfm (636 words)

	Welcome to the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
		The Hussite Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia in Exile
		The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
		The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Church of the Hussites in America and Europe
	www.evangelicalorthodoxcatholic.org /toc.html (272 words)

	A Message from Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson to His Beatitude Mesrob II in the Armenian Church of Besiktas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To you and all our sisters and brothers in Christ in the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, I bring warmest greetings on behalf of the five million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		The people of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America were honored by the invitation in 2003 to send a representative to events marking the 1700th anniversary of the Armenian Church.
		The blessed church father, Tertullian, reminded us that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.
	www.elca.org /bishop/m_mesrob.html (353 words)

	The Association of Religion Data Archives \| Denominations
		Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The
		Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
		Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000.
	www.thearda.com /mapsReports/reports/counties/36081_compare.asp (138 words)

	Anglicans Online \| Churches not 'in the Communion'
		The Episcopal Missionary Church is a "missionary" Church in the sense that it is reaching out to traditional-minded Christians from all backgrounds who find that modernist reforms in their churches have left them without a place to practice their faith.
		A constituent member of the world-wide Orthodox Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America (the Episcopal Orthodox Church) was established in 1963 as a Western-rite Orthodox Province of the Holy Catholic Church.
		This church was established in England on 2 November 1897 by a union of several small British episcopates that had been established in the 1870s in reaction to the rising Anglo-Catholicism of the mother Church of England.
	www.anglicansonline.org /communion/nic.html (4628 words)

	Department of Christian Education - Orthodox Church in America
		The Department of Christian Education works in cooperation with the Orthodox Christian Education Commission [OCEC], a pan-Orthodox agency under the auspices of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas [SCOBA].
		We are here to serve you as educators in Christ's Holy Church, and hope to be of service where needed.
		the DCE is sponsored by the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards (FOS).
	dce.oca.org (191 words)

	Russian Holy Trinity Cathedral of Orthodox Church in America
		It is built upon the prayers, tears and labours of the Enlighteners of America: St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, our Holy Father, St. Herman of Alaska and other holy missionaries of the early years.
		The Holy Orthodox Church in America, as all canonical Orthodox Churches, consists of dioceses headed by Holy Bishops, of Deaneries headed by deans, of parishes with presiding priests and of monasteries directed by abbots.
		The Church abides by ecclesiastical statutes prepared and ratified in the time of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, while he was Head of the Russian Orthodox Mission in North America, 1898 - 1907.
	www.sobor.ca /en (330 words)

	A Sacrificing Love - New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
		It was not mere formality that prompted her decision to become Orthodox, but a strong inner conviction.
		The main church was built in the traditional Novgorod-Pskov style and painted by the well-known Russian artist Nesterov.
		The architectural harmony of the buildings, the peaceful atmosphere, the beauty of the church services--all combined to lift the tired soul from its earthly cares and give it a glimpse of paradise.
	www.roca.org /OA/41/41d.htm (1419 words)

	Unity of U.S. Orthodox churches sought, but unlikely - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		American Orthodox Christian leaders will hold their third joint meeting next week, a gathering aimed at strengthening ties among their churches, which began splintering along ethnic lines a century ago.
		The American Orthodox are split among more than a dozen separate jurisdictions, or church groups, many with membership reaching no higher than the tens of thousands -- or even as few as the hundreds.
		Many Orthodox are frustrated that, in a nation of spiritual seekers, the elaborate ritual, liturgy and teachings of the Orthodox tradition are failing to attract more newcomers.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20060930-010828-9816r.htm (557 words)

	Orthodox History - America
		The Orthodox Church in America (O.C.A.) was recognized, established and proclaimed as an autocephalous Church on April 10, 1970.
		The Orthodox Church in America is guided in its life by the divine dogmas and by the sacred canons of the Holy Orthodox Church of Christ, and is governed in accordance with its own statutes as adopted and as amended from time to time by its own highest legislative and executive body.
		In external affairs, the Orthodox Church in America conducts its relations directly with all other autocephalous organizations, whether of the Eastern Orthodox Faith or any other Faith, and possesses all the rights, powers and privileges associated with "AUTOCEPHALY" under the canonical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, including the right to prepare the Holy Chrism.
	holytrinity-la.org /engl/pages/general/orthodox.html (283 words)

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