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This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in America

History
American Orthodox Timeline American Orthodox Bibliography Byzantines on OCA autocephaly Ligonier Meeting ROCOR and OCA
People
Saints - Bishops - Writers
Jurisdictions
Antiochian - Bulgarian OCA - Romanian - Moscow ROCOR - Serbian Ecumenical Patriarchate: Albanian - Carpatho-Russian Greek - Ukrainian Palestinian/Jordanian
Monasteries

Seminaries
Christ the Saviour Holy Cross Holy Trinity St. Herman's	St. Tikhon's St. Sava's St. Sophia's St. Vladimir's
Organizations
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 History of Orthodoxy in America is complex and resists any easy categorizations or explanations.

1794 Missionaries, including St. Herman of Alaska, arrive at Kodiak Island, bringing Orthodoxy to America.

1943 Founding of Federated Orthodox Greek Catholic Primary Jurisditions in America, a proto-SCOBA body.
1946 7th All-American Sobor of the Russian Metropolia breaks all ties with the ROCOR, splitting American Russian Orthodoxy in two.
1951 Arrival of Fr. Alexander Schmemann in the United States from Paris, taking up teaching duties at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York).
1960 Founding of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
1966 Election and consecration of Philip (Saliba) as Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of New York.

1970 Russian Metropolia reconciles with the Church of Russia and is granted autocephaly, changing its name to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), which is accepted by some Orthodox authorities worldiwde, but condemned as uncanonical by others, especially the Church of Constantinople.
1974 OCA Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish) of New York goes into semi-retirement, while his duties are taken up by Archbishop Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal.
1975 "Russi-Antaaki" division in the Antiochian church in North America overcome by Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) of New York and Metropolitan Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo by the uniting of the two Syrian archdioceses into one Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, led by Metropolitan Philip.
1976 Reception into the OCA of the ROCOR's Bulgarian Diocese in Exile and its hierarch, Bishop Kyrill (Yonchev).
1977 OCA holds its 5th All-American Council in Montreal, electing Theodosius (Lazor) as its metropolitan, replacing the retiring Ireney (Bekish).

1994 Ligonier Meeting in Western Pennsylvania at the Antiochian Village held by the majority of Orthodox hierarchs in North America votes to do away with the notion of Orthodox Christians in America being a "diaspora" and pledges to work together in missions.
1996 Allegedly forced retirement of Greek Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America, being replaced by Spyridon (Papageorge).
1999 Retirement of Spyridon (Papageorge), Greek Archbishop of America, being replaced by Demetrios (Trakatellis).
2000 Glorification of St. Raphael of Brooklyn at St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania) by the OCA.
2002 Retirement of Theodosius (Lazor) and election of Herman (Swaiko) as Metropolitan of the OCA.
2003 The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America is granted "self-rule" (similar but not identical to autonomy) by the Church of Antioch, establishing 9 new dioceses in North America and promoting its auxiliary bishops to diocesan ones.
2004 Consecration in Damascus of 3 new diocesan bishops for the Antiochian Archdiocese, Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland, Mark (Maymon) of Toledo, and Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa.
2005 Death of Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis); consecration of Alejo (Pacheco Vera) of Mexico City, auxiliary bishop of the OCA Exarchate of Mexico.

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 *1970 Russian Metropolia reconciles with the [[Church of Russia]] and is granted [[autocephaly]], changing its name to the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA), which is accepted by some Orthodox authorities worldiwde, but condemned as uncanonical by others, especially the [[Church of Constantinople]].
 *1974 [[OCA]] Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York]] goes into semi-retirement, while his duties are taken up by Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]].
-*1975 "Russi-Antaaki" division in the Antiochian church in North America overcome by Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]] and Archbishop [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]] by the uniting of the two Antiochian archdioceses into one, led by Metropolitan Philip.
+*1975 "Russi-Antaaki" division in the Antiochian church in North America overcome by Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]] and Metropolitan [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]] by the uniting of the two Syrian archdioceses into one [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], led by Metropolitan Philip.
 *1976 Reception into the [[OCA]] of the [[ROCOR]]'s Bulgarian Diocese in Exile and its hierarch, Bishop [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]].
 *1977 [[OCA]] holds its 5th All-American Council in Montreal, electing [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] as its metropolitan, replacing the retiring [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]].