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'''Nicholas''' (born '''Nicolae Iuhoş'''<ref>read as ''You-Hosh''</ref>) was a [[priest]] and [[archimandrite]] in the [[Church of Romania]], [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] and [[Orthodox Church in America]].

He went into [[schism]] to the [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church (Damascene)]], and now [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)]]. He is RTOC-V [[Bishop]] of Cincinnati and America, and Secretary of their Synod of Bishops.

== Biography ==
Nicolae Iuhoş was [[February 9]] 1952 in village Șilindru, Bihor, Romania.

He married and in 1973 he was [[ordination|Ordained]] to the priesthood in the [[Church of Romania]]. Served in Oradea, Romania.

In 1981 he Complete the Orthodox Institute in Sibiu, Romania.

In 1982 he elevated to the rank of [[archpriest]]<ref name=catherine>[http://www.st-catherine.ru/clergy/24 Archimandrite Nicholas (Yuhosh)] '''(Russian)'''</ref>.

In 1984 during his pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]] and the [[Holy Land]] he refused to return to homeland. He moved to Germany where he transferred to ROCOR and served in the parishes of the ROCOR  German diocese.

In 1987 he moved to Australia to serve as second priest at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Dandenong (Victoria, Australia) to care for Romanian-speaking faithful.

In 1991 he appointed rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Perth (Western Australia).

In 1991 he Became a [[monk]], elevated to [[Igumen]].

In 1992 he transferred to serve in Jerusalem as acting Superior of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (ROCOR).

May 4, 1993 at the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Metropolitan Vitaly (Ustinov) nominated him to the bishopric, but аrchbishops [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]] and [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]] voted against<ref>http://sinod.ruschurchabroad.org/Arh%20Sobor%201993%20Prot.htm</ref>.

In November 1993, passed into jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America, where he was elevated to the rank of [[Archimandrite]].

Since 1999 he served as rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the city of Passaic, New Jersey<ref>http://nynjoca.org/files/publications/Jacobs_Well/2011/Jacobs-Well-Spring-2011.pdf</ref>.

At March 19-22, 2001 Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America appointed him as Rector of the [[St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church (Moscow)|Great Martyr Catherine in Moscow]] and the OCA’s Representation Church to the [[Church of Russia]]; effective since June 1<ref>http://oca.org/news/archived/holy-synod-appoints-new-rector-for-oca-representation-church-in-moscow</ref>.

After nearly year of service in Moscow had to resign due to health problems<ref>http://foma.ru/moya-amerika-moya-rossiya.html</ref> and moved to the United StatesБ.
In 2005 he established [[Holy Cross Monastery (Niagara Falls, New York)|Holy Cross Monastery]] in Niagara Falls, New York, under the Orthodox Church in America<ref name=catherine/>.

In 2009 he left the Church and joined the schismatic Holy Orthodox Church in North America.

[[February 22]] 2010: Left HOCNA and joined the scismatic "Russian Orthodox Church" ("Российская православная церковь", not to be confused with Moscow Patriarchate) under "Metropolitan" Damascene (Balabanov) of Moscow<ref>[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''</ref> (former priest of ROCOR in Russia).

[[June 12]] 2010 archimandrite Nicholas was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as Bishop of Cincinnati by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisinau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the Damacsene's "Russian Orthodox Church"<ref>[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''</ref>.

[[April 26]] 2012 Bishop Nicholas is accepted into the Russian True-Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

October 14, 2013 joined the non-canonical Orthodox Metropolia of Old Calendar Christians in Italy, led by Onufrie (Pop) (etnic romanian), who immediately got autonomy to Nicholas Iuhoş, who bacame metropolitan of "True Orthodox Church in America" (Adevaratei Biserici Ortodoxe din America).

== References ==
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==Source==
* [http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
* [http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д. Балабанова, И. Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
* [http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''
* [http://octavianrodna.ro/media/foto/inalt-prea-sfintia-sa-mitropolitul-primat-al-adevaratei-biserici-ortodoxe-din-america/ Inalt Prea Sfintia Sa Nicolae, Mitropolitul Primat al Adevaratei Biserici Ortodoxe din America]

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