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In 2005, after the election of Metr. Herman as the ruling hierarch of the OCA and with the retirement of Abp. Peter, the Holy Synod of the OCA re-merged the dioceses of New York and New Jersey and Washington as the Diocese of Washington and New York. St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington was designated the see of the ruling hierarch.
In the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), the diocese is the basic church body that comprises all the parishes of a determined geographical area. It is governed by the Diocesan Bishop, with the assistance of a Diocesan Assembly and a Diocesan Council. The OCA is currently composed of twelve geographic and three ethnic dioceses. The boundaries of ...
According to the 2006 edition of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the OCA had 1,064,000 members, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2005. This figure places the OCA as the 24th largest Christian church in the United States, and the second largest Eastern Orthodox church in the country, after the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ...
Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada 2008–2009 Metropolitan Jonah was the first Metropolitan of the OCA who was not raised an Orthodox Christian. Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada 2009–2012 Tendered resignation on Jul 6, 2012. Tikhon (Mollard) Boston, MA: Marc R. Mollard
All of the parishes of the exarchate were given a choice to join the OCA at that time. The parishes that remained were the following: [5] St. Nicholas Church, Brookside, Alabama; St. Demetrius Monastery, Bellflower, California; Christ the Savior Church, San Francisco, California; St. Nicholas Cathedral, San Francisco, California
1 0 79 132 Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA: 22,362 6,857 30.7% 2 0 101 221 Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America: 700 185 26.4% 1 0 2 350 Vicariate for the Palestinian/Jordanian Communities: 6,775 815 12% 0 9 753 Patriarchate of Antioch: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese: 74,527 27,256 36.6% 9 2 247 302 Moscow Patriarchate
Municipality Cathedral Image Location & References Coral Gables (Miami area) St. George Cathedral (Antiochian Orthodox) 25°44′43″N 80°15′41″W / 25.745164°N 80.261331°W / 25.745164; -80.261331 (St. George Cathedral, Coral Gables, Florida) Jacksonville St. John's Cathedral (Episcopal) 30°19′44″N 81°39′12″W / 30.328772°N 81.653423°W / 30.328772 ...
Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral was founded as a church in 1904 to serve the Greek Orthodox residents of the District of Columbia. In 1962, the church was elevated to a cathedral under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of America in New York City and serves as his cathedral in Washington.