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The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA) is an independent and self-governing Christian syncretic (Eastern Orthodox/Oriental Orthodox/Western Catholic) jurisdiction based in the United States (including the territory of the US Virgin Islands), with clergy also in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, and Australia.
- Communion with Catholic Apostolic Church in North America
- United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Cameroon, Australia
- 1892, United States
We are a small predominately Western Rite orthodox jurisdiction whose members are a diverse group of men and women who have responded to a call to live the gospel in an American way, praying for one another and ministering to those who hunger for God wherever they may be found.
The American Orthodox Catholic Church (AOCC), or The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America (THEOCACNA), and sometimes simply the American Orthodox Patriarchate (AOP), was an independent Eastern Orthodox Christian church with origins from 1924–1927.
- AOCC
- Aftimios Ofiesh
- Independent Eastern Orthodox
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The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”
The American Orthodox Catholic Church (in full, The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America) was the first attempt by mainstream Orthodox canonical authorities at the creation of an autocephalous Orthodox church for North America.
What We Believe. Background. Constitutions and Canons. The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA) is an autocephalous (self-governing) jurisdiction of Orthodox Christianity which was established in the United States about 100 years ago.
Sep 21, 2020 · The Future of Orthodox-Catholic Relations in the USA - Orthodoxy in America Lecture, Fordham University Published 9/21/20 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
