Russian Orthodox Church in the USA

The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian mission in America that recognize the canonical authority of the Church of Russia. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Metropolia 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:

1. St. Nicholas Church, Brookside, Alabama
2. St. Demetrius Monastery, Bellflower, California
3. Christ the Savior Church, Berkeley, California
4. St. Nicholas Cathedral, San Francisco, California
5. Church of All Saints Glorified in the Russian Land, San Francisco, California
6. Our Lady of Kazan Church, San Diego, California
7. Resurrection Church, Chicago, Illinois
8. Dormition Church Benld, Illinois
9. Holy Trinity Church, Baltimore, Maryland
10. St. Elias Church, Battle Creek, Michigan
11. St. Innocent Church, Detroit, Michigan
12. St. Michael the Archangel Church, Detroit, Michigan
13. Church of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle, East Lansing, Michigan
14. Holy Trinity Church, Saginaw, Michigan
15. St. John Chrysostom Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan
16. House Chapel of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Westown, New York
17. St. Demetrius Church, Jackson, Michigan
18. St. Nicholas Church, Bayonne, New Jersey
19. Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey
20. Three Hierarchs Church, Garfield, New Jersey
21. Holy Cross Church, Hackettstown, New Jersey
22. Sts. Peter and Paul Church; Passaic, New Jersey
23. St. John the Baptist Church, Singac , New Jersey
24. St. Olga Church, Somerset, New Jersey
25. St. Mark Chapel, New York
26. Church of St. George the Great Martyr, New York
27. Church of All Saints Glorified in the Russian Land, on the estate of Pine Bush, New York
28. St. John the Baptist Chapel, Bronx, New York
29. Church of All Saints Glotified in the Russian Land, Amsterdam (Wolf Run), Ohio
30. St. Stephen Church, Lorairi, Ohio
31. Nativity of Christ Church, Youngstown, Ohio
32. St. Nicholas Church, Chester, Pennsylvania
33. St. Nicholas Church, Edinboro, Pageville, Pennsylvania
34. St. Nicholas Church, Reading, Pennsylvania
35. Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Mount Union, Pennsylvania
36. St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
37. St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
38. St. Michael the Archangel Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
39. Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania
40. Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Burgaw, North Carolina
41. St. Gregory the Theologian Church, Tampa, Florida
42. Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Manchester, New Hampshire
43. Church of St. George the Great Martyr, Buffalo, New York
44. All Exarchate parishes and clergy in Canada
45. St. Nicholas Cathedral, New York

The parishes that chose to remain under the canonical protection of the Moscow Patriarchate after the grant of autocephaly came to be known as the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA under the oversight of an auxiliary bishop.

Bishops

Vicar of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA

• His Grace Mercurius, Bishop of Zaraysk, 2000-2009
• His Eminence Justinian, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, 2010-2014
• His Grace John, Bishop of Naro-Fominsk, 2014-present

External links

• Russian Orthodox Church in the USA Web Site (english)
• Patriarchal Parish in North America