Up until the 1960s, the Russian Orthodox Church was the only Orthodox jurisdiction in the Hawaiian Islands. Following the 1960s, parishes from three seperate Orthodox jurisdictions established themselves in the Islands; Greek, Serbian, and OCA. At one point there were as many as five different Orthodox jurisdictions in the Hawaiian Islands. All Orthodox churches in Hawaii are in communion with one another, however, and have good relations. (See also: [[Orthodoxy in America]], [[Diaspora]].)

In the late 1960s, a group of Russian Orthodox faithful joined formed the St. [[Mark of Ephesus]] Russian Orthodox Mission Parish under the auspices of [[ROCOR]]. In the early 1980's, this mission parish was later re-[[consecrate|consecrated]] under the heavenly protection of the [[Mother of God]] and is now known as the Holy [[Theotokos]] of [[Iveron]] Russian Orthodox Church. In the late 1990s, the current pastor of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] community, Father Anatole Lyovin was [[ordination|ordained]] to serve the Orthodox faithful in Hawaii. Currently there are plans to build the first [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[church]] in Honolulu.