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Nativity of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Monastery, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Abbess Theophano. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. Holy Protection Greek Orthodox Monastery, White Haven, Pennsylvania. Abbess Olympiada. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Monastery, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [2]: 68 [7] [8] In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.
Some are former church buildings; others are current churches within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. These are Orthodox Christian cathedrals or churches in North America that are notable, whether for their architectural design and or historical characteristics or for other reasons.
Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Castro Valley. [19] New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine monastery located in Big Sur. [20] Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Whitethorn. [21] Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Platina. [22]
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America; Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean; Russian Orthodox Church. Russian Orthodox Church in Canada; Russian Orthodox Church in the USA [1] Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia; Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian Orthodox Church in the ...
It was created in 1963 by Eastern Orthodox Christians of Bulgarian and Macedonian descent. [2] Its territory includes parishes , monasteries , and missions located in seven states in the United States : California , Illinois , Indiana , Virginia , Michigan , Ohio , Iowa , and Washington, D.C.
At the same time large numbers of Greeks and other Eastern Orthodox Christians were also immigrating to America. At this time all Eastern Orthodox Christians in North America were united under the omophorion (Church authority and protection) of the Patriarch of Moscow, through the Russian Church's North American diocese. The unity was not ...
Most Oriental Orthodox Christians in North America belong to Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Indian, Syriac and some other communities, representing religious majority or minority within a particular community. Oriental Orthodox jurisdictions are organized within the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches. [1]