Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
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The Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia is one of fifteen dioceses of the Church of Bulgaria. The diocese is led by Metropolitan Joseph.
History
The Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia had its origins before World War II as the Bulgarian Diocese of North and South America and Australia. However, a result of the establishment of a Communist government in Bulgaria after the war, relations of the diocese with the Church of Bulgaria were disrupted. Under Metropolitan Andrei (Petkov) of New York, the diocese attempted, in the late 1950s, to join the Metropolia but was unsuccessful.
In 1964, Metr. Andrei petitioned the Holy Synod of the Church of Bulgaria for his return to the Bulgarian episcopacy and to continue to lead the diocese in America. With the return of Metr. Andrei and his diocese to the Church of Bulgaria, a group under Archimandrite Kyrill (Yonchev) broke with Metr. Andrei and joined the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) as the Bulgarian Diocese in Exile. The ROCOR bishops consecrated him bishop. Later the Bulgarian Diocese in Exile became part of the Orthodox Church in America.
In the year 2000, the Bulgarian diocese received a number of parishes formerly belonging to the Holy Order of MANS/Christ the Saviour Brotherhood, nearly doubling the number of parishes in the diocese.
The diocese is currently led by Metr. Joseph with parishes in the United States, Canada, and Australia as an overseas diocese of the Church of Bulgaria under Patriarch Maxim and the Bulgarian Synod of Bishops. The diocesan cathedral is Ss Cyril and Methody Bulgarian Orthodox Cathedral in New York City.
The Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia is a member of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
List of Parishes
United States
- Saints Kyril & Metodi Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocesan Cathedral - New York, New York
- Saint Sophia Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Phoenix, Arizona
- Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Santa Rosa, California official website
- St. George Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Orlando, Florida
- Saint Sophia Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Des Plaines, Illinois official website
- Holy Trinity Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Madison, Illinois
- Saint Stephen Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Indianapolis, Indiana
- Joy of All Who Sorrow Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Indianapolis, Indiana
- Christ the Savior Mission - Nashville, Indiana
- Saint Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Brookline, Massachusetts
- Holy Resurrection Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox - Allston, Massachusetts official website
- Holy Ghost Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Sterling Heights, Michigan official website
- Holy Resurrection Mission - Berrien Springs, Michigan official website
- St. Clement Ohridski Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Dearborn, Michigan official website
- Holy Transfiguration Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - East Syracuse, New York
- Saint Thomas Eastern Orthodox Church - Fairlawn, Ohio official website
- Saint Herman of Alaska Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Hudson, Ohio official website
- Saint Innocent of Alaska Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Mission - Salem, Virginia official website
- St. Maximos the Confessor Skete - Palmyra, Virginia
Canada
- Saints Cyril & Metody Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Cathedral - Toronto, Ontario
- St. Dimitar Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Brampton, Ontario
- St. George Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Toronto, Ontario
- Holy Trinity Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Toronto, Ontario
- Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Mission - Huntsville, Ontario
- Saint Ivan Rilsky Eglise Orthodoxe Bulgare - Montreal, Quebec
- St. John of Rila Church - Niagara Falls, Ontario
- Mission Church - Richmond Hill, Ontario
Australia
- Saints Cyril & Metody Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Cathedral - Melbourne, Victoria
- Saint Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church - Adelaide, South Australia
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