His Grace Eminence, the Right Most Reverend '''Bishop Archbishop Mark''' (born '''Alan Maymon'''; [[June 22]], [[1958]], New Albany, Indiana) is Bishop Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania of the [[Orthodox Church in America]].

Formerly a diocesan the [[bishop]] of Toledo under the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], he was received in the OCA during December 2010 after his release by Metr. [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip]] of the Self-Ruled [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]].

Alan Maymon was born in New Albany, Indiana on [[June 22]], 1958 and [[baptism|baptized]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. After graduation from high school in 1976 he attended Indiana University South East before transferring to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985. In 1987, he received a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Literature from Oral Roberts University where he accepted a position as Adjunct Professor of Old Testament. Introduced to Orthodox Christianity by Fr. George Eber and his professors of Church History, Dr Jerry Sandidge and his Old Testament Professor, Dr Howard Ervin, Bp. Mark was received into the Orthodox Church through Holy [[Chrismation]] in on Holy Wednesday, 1989. He With the blessing of Metropolitan Philip, he then attended [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York, where in 1991 he earned a Master of Theology Divinity degree. He worked at the Antiochian Village from 1991 to 1993 before moving to New Kensington, Pennsylvania, to assist Fr [[John (Abdalah) of Worcester|John Abdalah]], at the same time working as a Mental Health worker at Mercy Psychiatric from 1993-1997, then from 1997-2001 as a crisis worker in the emergency room at University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.

Bp. Mark was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] at St Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania by Bp. [[Antoun (Khouri) of Miami|Antoun]] on [[August 17]], 1997 ; and a on [[priestSeptember 7]] on , 1997, he was ordained to the [[September 7priest]]hood at St George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1997 in the Antiochian Archdiocese. He served as pastor of St. John's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and then from 1997 to 2000, before being assigned to be assistant priest at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan,replacing Fr John Estephan on his retirement in December 2002.

In 2004, he was elected [[bishop]] by the local synod of the Antiochian Archdiocese. On [[December 5]], 2004, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus, Syria by Patr. [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]] and other bishops. He was then [[enthronement|enthroned]] diocesan bishop as Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest at St. George Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio on [[August 25]], 2005.

November 13, 2012 he was appointed [[administrator]] of the [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania]]. On March, 18, 2014, he was elected by the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America to fill the vacant Episcopal See of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. In March 2015, at the Spring session of the Holy Synod, Bp Mark was elevated to the rank of Archbishop.

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* [http://www.oca.org/news/2352 Bishop Mark released from Antiochian Archdiocese, received by Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America]* [http://www.antiochian.org/BishopMARK AOCA: About Bishop Mark]* [http://www.antiochian.org/node/24504 Metropolitan Philip Grants A Canonical Release For His Grace Bishop Mark To Be Received Into The Orthodox Church In America]* [http://dosoca.org/files/esc/bishopmarkbio.pdf Biographical Information], submitted to the Diocese of the South (OCA) Episcopal Search Committee.