The Orthodox Church in America

 

The Orthodox Church in America (O.C.A.) was recognized, established and proclaimed as an autocephalous Church on April 10, 1970. It is an independent and self-governing Church with the right to elect its Head and all its Bishops.

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.

The Episcopacy of the Orthodox Church in America consists of the following:

HIERARCHY
The Most Blessed THEODOSIUS, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
The Most Reverend KYRIILL, Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, and Administrator of the Bulgarian Diocese
The Most Reverend PETER, Archbishop of New York and New Jersey
The Most Reverend DMITRI, Archbishop of Dallas and the South
The Most Reverend HERMAN, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
The Right Reverend NATHANIEL, Bishop of Detroit and the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
The Right Reverend JOB, Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest
The Right Reverend TIKHON, Bishop of San Francisco and the West
The Right Reverend SERAPHIM, Bishop of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada
The Right Reverend INNOCENT, Bishop of Anchorage

AUXILIARY BISHOPS
The Right Reverend MARK, Bishop of Bethesda

RETIRED BISHOPS
The Most Reverend Archbishop SYLVESTER
The Most Reverend Archbishop GREGORY
The Right Reverend Bishop BASIL
The Right Reverend Bishop BORIS

 

The mailing address of the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America is P.O. Box 675, Syosset, New York 11791-0675.
Telephone: (516) 922-0550
Fax: (516) 922-0954.
Email: info@oca.org

Website: http://www.oca.org