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Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA

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August 27
In 1942, when persecution of the Church in Ukraine eased under the German occupation, a number of bishops were consecrated for the Ukrainian Orthodox there. One of these bishops, [[Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev|Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]], came to America and joined the jurisdiction of the UAOC, serving in Canada. After some time, however, he came to the US and joined Bp. Bohdan's group. He desired the unity of the two jurisdictions and worked to convince Metr. John to accept re-consecration as a condition for union.
In On [[August 27]], 1949, Metr. John (Teodorovich) was re-consecrated privately, thus ending some of the questions regarding his previous consecration and attracting a number of the parishes of Bp. Bohdan into his flock. Despite becoming the largest Ukrainian Orthodox jurisdiction in the United States at this point, the diocese was still not recognized as canonical by the rest of the Orthodox Church, and the hierarchs who re-consecrated John (Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) and [[Christopher (Contogeorge) of Pentapolis|Christopher (Contogeorge)]], [[exarch]] for the [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]])) were themselves considered dubious by some (ibid., 113).
[[Image:SA-SBB.jpg|thumb|right|St. Andrew's Memorial Church, South Bound Brook, New Jersey]]
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