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The Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC, Russian: Российская православная автономная церковь, РПАЦ; until 1998 it was called the Russian Orthodox Free Church, ROFC, Russian: Российская православная свободная церковь, РПСЦ) is a Russian Orthodox church body headquartered in Suzdal, Russia.
The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in 1970 ...
The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America (ACROD) is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with 78 parishes in the United States and Canada. Though the diocese is directly responsible to the Patriarchate, it is under the spiritual supervision of the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America .
In the United States there are numerous notable Russian Orthodox churches, including many that were listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of one study. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Alaska, the Russian America community includes more than 20,000 members of the Russian Orthodox church.
The Autonomous Metropolia claims to trace its roots back to a formation of the Patriarch of Moscow in the early 20th century. [3]The Autonomous Metropolia broke ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and placed itself under the omophorion first of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church [which?], [3] then of Archbishop Auxentios of Athens [] the primate of the True Orthodox Church of Greece []. [2]
The Russian Orthodox church was drastically weakened in May 1922, when the Renovated (Living) Church, a reformist movement backed by the Soviet secret police, broke away from Patriarch Tikhon (also see the Josephites and the Russian True Orthodox Church), a move that caused division among clergy and faithful that persisted until 1946.
Pastor Marvin Winans is shown on the roof of the Perfecting Church on Woodward at 7 Mile in Detroit in July 2011. At the time, construction had stalled for a couple of years due to the economy ...
Historically, ROCOR has always affirmed that it was an inseparable part of the Russian Church, and that its autonomous status was only temporary, based upon Ukaz 362, until such time as the domination of the Soviet government over the affairs of the Church should cease: "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia is an indissoluble part of the ...