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The '''American Orthodox Catholic Church''' (in full, '''The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America''') was the first attempt by mainstream Orthodox canonical authorities at the creation of an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox church for North America. It was chartered in 1927 by Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] primate of the Russian [[Orthodox Church in America|Metropolia]] and his [[holy synod]], and its history as part of the mainstream [[Orthodox Church]] ended in 1934. During its short existence, it was mainly led by [[Aftimios Ofiesh]], [[Archbishop]] of Brooklyn. | The '''American Orthodox Catholic Church''' (in full, '''The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America''') was the first attempt by mainstream Orthodox canonical authorities at the creation of an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox church for North America. It was chartered in 1927 by Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] primate of the Russian [[Orthodox Church in America|Metropolia]] and his [[holy synod]], and its history as part of the mainstream [[Orthodox Church]] ended in 1934. During its short existence, it was mainly led by [[Aftimios Ofiesh]], [[Archbishop]] of Brooklyn. | ||
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| American Orthodox Timeline American Orthodox Bibliography Byzantines on OCA autocephaly Ligonier Meeting ROCOR and OCA | |
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| Saints - Bishops - Writers | |
| Jurisdictions | |
| Antiochian - Bulgarian OCA - Romanian - Moscow ROCOR - Serbian Ecumenical Patriarchate: | |
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| Christ the Saviour Holy Cross Holy Trinity St. Herman's |
St. Tikhon's St. Sava's St. Sophia's St. Vladimir's |
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| Assembly of Bishops AOI - EOCS - IOCC - OCEC OCF - OCL - OCMC - OCPM - OCLife OISM - OTSA - SCOBA - SOCHA | |
| Groups | |
| Amer. Orthodox Catholic Church Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black Evangelical Orthodox Church Holy Order of MANS/CSB Society of Clerks Secular of St. Basil | |
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The American Orthodox Catholic Church (in full, The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America) was the first attempt by mainstream Orthodox canonical authorities at the creation of an autocephalous Orthodox church for North America. It was chartered in 1927 by Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) primate of the Russian Metropolia and his holy synod, and its history as part of the mainstream Orthodox Church ended in 1934. During its short existence, it was mainly led by Aftimios Ofiesh, Archbishop of Brooklyn.
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