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Orthodox Church in America

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website=[http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America]
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The '''Orthodox Church in America''' (OCA) is an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] church with parishes mainly in the United States and Canada (though it had a few parishes in Australia and elsewhere). The OCA was formerly known as the '''Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America''', or more informally, the '''Metropolia'''. Previous to that, it was the North American Diocese of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]]. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by most in [[full communion]] with all of the other autocephalous Orthodox churchesChurches, but its administrative status is disputed. Some other Churches recognize the OCA as autocephalous, but most regard it as a ''de jure'' part of the Russian Orthodox Church (although self-governing in practice).
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