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The Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America was granted autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1970, and renamed the Orthodox Church in America. Its hierarchs are part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America.
By the late 19th century, the Russian Orthodox Church had grown in other areas of the United States due to the arrival of immigrants from areas of Eastern and Central Europe, many of them formerly of the Eastern Catholic Churches ("Greek Catholics"), and from the Middle East.
The Russian Orthodox Church in America is an Autocephalous Apostolic Orthodox Catholic church with direct succession from the Apostle Saint Andrew. We are also connected to the American Orthodox Catholic Church also known as The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church in North America.
Eastern Orthodoxy in North America - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Early Russian Orthodox presence in the Americas. Orthodox Church in America (OCA) Other Eastern Orthodox churches. Demographics. Churches belonging to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States. Groups whose canonical status is contested.
The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in 1970.
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 .
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