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Kirill with Vladimir Putin on 20 November 2021. When Kirill was elected Patriarch on 27 January 2009, by the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church by secret vote he gained 508 out of 702 votes and was enthroned during a liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow on 1 February 2009.
The Russian Orthodox Church traces its beginnings to the Christianization of Kievan Rusʹ at Kiev in 988 AD. In 1316 the Metropolitan of Kiev changed his see to the city of Vladimir, and in 1322 moved again to Moscow.
Orthodoxy arrived in North America when a band of Russian Orthodox missionaries from Valaam monastery reached Alaska in 1794. At that time, Alaska was a Russian imperial territory. A first church was built on Kodiak Island, and a number of Alaskan natives were baptized. In 1840 a diocese was erected for Kamchatka, the Kurile and … Continued
This is the official website and authoritative voice of the RUSSIAN ORTHODOX AUTONOMOUS CHURCH OF AMERICA (ROAC).No other English language based website (other than the sites linked herein) claiming to speak for His Eminence, Metropolitan Theodore of Suzdal and Vladimir, or any of the individual Hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the RUSSIAN ORTHODOX AUTONOMOUS CHURCH (ROAC), should be considered ...
Metropolitan Saba. First Vice Chairman. Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Bishop Matthew. Second Vice Chairman. The Moscow Patriarchal Parishes in the USA. Metropolitan Gregory. Secretary. American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA.
The Statute consists of this Preamble and the Eighteen (18) Articles that follow. Article I — The Orthodox Church in America. Article II — The Holy Synod. Article III — The All-American Council. Article IV — The Metropolitan. Article V — The Metropolitan Council. Article VI — Church Officers. Article VII — The Diocese.
The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America ( ACROD) is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with 78 parishes in the United States and Canada. Though the diocese is directly responsible to the Patriarchate, it is under the spiritual supervision of the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America .
