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  2. Jonah I. Orthodox Church in America, ecclesiastically independent, or autocephalous, church of the Eastern Orthodox communion, recognized as such by its mother church in Russia; it adopted its present name on April 10, 1970. Established in 1794 in Alaska, then Russian territory, the Russian Orthodox mission spread to other parts of the North ...

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  3. The Russian Orthodox Church ( ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized : Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate ( Russian: Московский патриархат, romanized : Moskovskiy patriarkhat ), [12] is an autocephalous ...

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  5. The origin of the Orthodox Christian Faith is the Self-disclosure of God. Each day, the Church's Morning Prayer affirms and reminds us of this by declaring, "God is the Lord and He has revealed Himself to us.”. While the inner Being of God always remains unknown and unapproachable, God has manifested Himself to us; and the Church has ...

  6. Apr 16, 2024 · The History of Orthodox Churches in America. Orthodox churches in America have a long, fascinating history that dates back to the 18th century. The Russian Orthodox Church, one of the earliest to be established, set its roots in Alaska in 1794. The Greek Orthodox Church followed suit in the mid-19th century, primarily serving Greek immigrants.

  7. Apr 18, 2024 · Russian Orthodox Church, one of the largest autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox churches in the world. Its membership is estimated at more than 90 million. For more on Orthodox beliefs and practices, see Eastern Orthodoxy. Christianity was apparently introduced into the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus by Greek ...

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