Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
Encyclopedia
The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parish
es of the Russian Orthodox Church
in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly
was granted to the Orthodox Church in America
(OCA) in 1970.
All of the parishes of the exarchate were given a choice to join the OCA at that time. The parishes that remained were the following:
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es of the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...
in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly
Autocephaly
Autocephaly , in hierarchical Christian churches and especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop...
was granted to the Orthodox Church in America
Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in North America. Its primate is Metropolitan Jonah , who was elected on November 12, 2008, and was formally installed on December 28, 2008...
(OCA) in 1970.
All of the parishes of the exarchate were given a choice to join the OCA at that time. The parishes that remained were the following:
- St. Nicholas Church, Brookside, Alabama
- St. Demetrius Monastery, Bellflower, California
- Christ the Savior Church, Berkeley, California
- St. Nicholas Cathedral, San Francisco, California
- Church of All Saints Glorified in the Russian Land, San Francisco, California
- Our Lady of Kazan Church, San Diego, California
- Resurrection Church, Chicago, Illinois
- Dormition Church Benld, Illinois
- Holy Trinity Church, Baltimore, Maryland
- St. Elias Church, Battle Creek, Michigan
- St. Innocent Church, Detroit, Michigan
- St. Michael the Archangel Church, Detroit, Michigan
- Church of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle, East Lansing, Michigan
- Holy Trinity Church, Saginaw, Michigan
- St. John Chrysostom Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- House Chapel of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Westown, New York
- St. Demetrius Church, Jackson, Michigan
- St. Nicholas Church, Bayonne, New Jersey
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Three Hierarchs Church, Garfield, New Jersey
- Holy Cross Church, Hackettstown, New Jersey
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church; Passaic, New Jersey
- St. John the Baptist Church, Singac , New Jersey
- St. Olga Church, Somerset, New Jersey
- St. Mark Chapel, New York
- Church of St. George the Great Martyr, New York
- Church of All Saints Glorified in the Russian Land, on the estate of Pine Bush, New York
- St. John the Baptist Chapel, Bronx, New York
- Church of All Saints Glotified in the Russian Land, Amsterdam (Wolf Run), Ohio
- St. Stephen Church, Lorairi, Ohio
- Nativity of Christ Church, Youngstown, Ohio
- St. Nicholas Church, Chester, Pennsylvania
- St. Nicholas Church, Edinboro, Pageville, Pennsylvania
- St. Nicholas Church, Reading, Pennsylvania
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Mount Union, Pennsylvania
- St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- St. Michael the Archangel Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Burgaw, North Carolina
- St. Gregory the Theologian Church, Tampa, Florida
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Manchester, New Hampshire
- Church of St. George the Great Martyr, Buffalo, New York
- All Exarchate parishes and clergy in Canada
- St. Nicholas Cathedral, New York
Bishops
Vicar of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA- Mercurius, Bishop of Zaraisk, 2000–2009
- Justinian, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, 2010–present