+ ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA + The Standing Episcopal Conference of Orthodox Bishops (1951)
The Original Russian Mission to America 
in union with the Canonical UAOC of 1942

Recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
                                             
Under the Protection of and In Communion with
the Joint Synod of the Ukrainian Autocephalous
Orthodox Church in USA  and former Exarchate
of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
  • Home
    • BUILDING FUND - ABCD 2024 - "ArchBishop's Charities Drive"
  • APC - Historic Federation
    • "Declaration for Revival of Orthodoxy" - Birth of the APC
    • Apostolic Succession and Brief Historical Background
    • Confession of Faith of the Apostolic Orthodox Church
    • Holy Canons of the Church
    • OFFICIAL NOTICE: Regarding the Russian Orthodox Church and war in Ukraine
    • OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: Regarding the Hierarchs of the Apostolic Orthodox Church and "Primate" +GRIGORY (Mikhnov)
  • TOMOS
    • TOMOS from the Ecumenical Patriarch +BARTHOLOMEW confirming Canonicily of the UAOC
  • UAOC History
    • UAOC Churches and the Ecumenical Patriarchate
    • UAOC in the USA
    • Patriarch +JOSYF Slipyj - Testament on the Ukrainian Mother Church
    • Institute for Eastern Christian Studies
    • "Hierarchy and Laity in the Orthodox Church" by Fr. John Meyendorff
    • Differences Between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism
    • An Orthodox Response on a Roman Catholic Declaration on the "Nature of the Church"
    • Videos >
      • Miracle in Columbus, Ohio
  • Apostolic Succession
    • Metropolitan +MICHAEL: Recognition from the Canonical Metropolitans of the UAOC
    • Apostolic Succession of the Primate of the Orthodox Church of America
  • Holy Synod
  • SEC of Orthodox Bishops
    • New York Court Case: Archbishop CHRISTOPHER vs Archbishop ATHENAGORAS
  • Orthodoxy
    • OCA-UAOC Orthodox Church Timeline
    • UKASE - Regarding Holy Matrimony and Blessing of Same Sex Unions
    • Apostolic Home Churches
    • "BEING CATHOLIC" the Book
  • Sacraments
    • Proper Church Etiquette
  • Married Bishops
  • Deaconess
    • UKASE on Deaconesses
  • African Province
  • American Province
    • Co-Cathedral of St. Raphael in California
    • Archeparchy of Australia and New Zealand
    • Archeparchy of Hawaii
    • Archeparchy of Brazilia (English)
    • Exarcado do Brasil (Hispanic)
    • Exarchate of St Thomas the Apostle - Sicily, Calabria and Sardinia (Italy)
    • Italo-Byzantine Orthodox Archeparcy - Lazio (Italy), Malta and San Marino
  • Byzantine Orthodox Catholics in Africa
  • French Province
  • OSB - Africa (N)
  • Divine Liturgy, Rituals/Rubrics
    • UKASE on Liturgical Texts
    • Order of General Confession
    • Prayers of Preparation Before Holy Communion
    • Order of Preparation For the Divine Liturgy + The Kairon – The Orthros +
    • The Vesting
    • The Prothesis
    • + The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom + (with Rubrics for Bishop, Priest & Deacon)
    • Prayers of Thanksgiving After Holy Communion
    • Trisagion Prayers for the Dead
  • St. Thomas of the USA
    • Glorification of Saints in the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church - HOW IT IS DONE
  • Western Rite Vicariate - Holy Face of Jesus Skete - Little Brothers & Sisters of Jesus of the Most Blessed Sacrament
    • EDICT for the Western Rite (Antiochian Archdiocese)
    • Restoration of Western Rite Orthodoxy (historical))
    • Thoughts from Metropolitan +ANTHONY (Bashir)
    • Father Alexander Schmemann on the Western Rite
    • Western Rite Mass - Divine Liturgy
    • Western Rite Divine Liturgy - WITHOUT THE PEOPLE
  • Vocations to the Venerable Priesthood, Diaconate or Religious Life
  • Contact, Inquiries and Prayer Requests
  • SISTER CHURCHES & DEPENDENCIES ON DIPTYCHS OF THE UAOC
    • Beersheba Syriac Mar Thoma Church
    • Celtic Orthodox Archdiocese
    • Orthodox Church of Christ
  • + Orthodox Liturgical Calendar +
    • Why the "Old Style" Canonical Orthodox Liturgical Calendar
    • Byzantine Creation Era - Orthodox Calendar Official Teaching
  • + + OUR CHRONOLOGICAL AFFILIATION WITH THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE + +
  • ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA DIRECTORY & LOCATIONS -- PARISHES, DOMESTIC CHAPELS TO SERVE YOU
Google Translater for Website

Click on the dropdown button to translate.

Translate this page:

Picture
Picture
Canonical Hierarchy
“And the Brethren shall dwell together as one…” (Deut 25:5)
Picture
Picture
His All-Holiness
+ BARTHOLOMEUS I


Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome
and Ecumenical Patriarch
For Over One Hundred Years...we are
​"Paternally Affiliated with the Ecumenical Patriarchate"

Picture
With His All-Holiness +BARTHOLOMEW I
"In 1997 we were invited by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to meet with the Ecumenical Patriarch and participate in Hierarchical Vespers at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. We put into the Patriarch's hands an envelope containing the History of our Blessed Jurisdiction and our continued pledge for Unity and for Communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople"   +MICHAEL
Picture
Presented to Metropolitan +MICHAEL by the Ecumenial Patriarch in 1997

Picture
His Holiness +MSTYSLAV (1990-1993)


​​APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
FROM THE - UAOC -

​
UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH
Picture
Picture
His Holiness +VOLODYMR (1993-1995)

Picture
Titular Patriarch of Kiev-Lviv...........
Picture
His Beatitude
+ AMVROSIJ

Primate and Metropolitan Archbishop
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
in the United States
Joint Synod of UAOC in the USA and former
Exarchate of the Alexandrian Patriarchate




Picture
​His Eminence
 +MICHAEL

 Primate 
 OCA-UAOC
 
​ Metropolitan Archbishop
 Ukrainian Autocephalous
 Orthodox Church in the USA

 CONSECRATION DATE:
​ September 20, 1986

Picture
Picture

 His Eminence
 +SOTIR

 Metropolitan 
 Italo-Byzantine Orthodox
​ Archeparchy of
​ Lazio (Italy), Malta
​ and San Marino
 Primate of All Italy
​
 CONSECRATION DATE:
​ March 19, 2023

Picture

  His Eminence
  +YAROSLAW

  Community of
  the Holy Spirit
  
  Saskatchewan
​  Canada
​

 CONSECRATION DATE:
 
August 9, 1998 (OS)​  

Picture
   
    His Eminence
    +JEAN-MARC

​     Metropolitan
     for the French Province
     UAOC Apostolic Orthodox
     Church of France
     Archbishop of Normandy
     and Nuestria in France

     CONSECRATION DATE:
     July 05, 2023

Picture
 
 His Eminene
 +GREGORIUS

Primate of South America
for the OCA-UAOCWestern Rite
and Exarcado de Brasil


 (Spanish Speaking)

 CONSECRATION DATE:
 January 24, 2016​​

Picture
   
    His Eminence
   +ANTONIOS

     Metropolitan 
     of Australia
​     and New Zealand
​
​     Archbishop of
​     Melbourne

     CONSECRATION DATE:
​     April 3, 2016

Picture
​
 His Eminence
 +MARTIN

 Primate  
 of the OCA-UAOC
​ Western Rite Vicariate
​
​ Metropolitan Archbishop of
​ Flint, Michigan

 CONSECRATION DATE:
​ January 29, 1977

Picture
 
His Eminence       
+HAROLD

 Western Rite
 Archeparchy
 of Brasilia
   
​
 (English Speaking)

  CONSECRATION DATE:
  December 7, 2007

Picture
 
   His Eminence
   +JOHN

    Metropolitan 
    of African Province (S)
​   
    Archbishop of
​    Lusaka, Zambia
    (Western Rite)

    CONSECRATION DATE:
   
 July 11, 2010​   

Picture

 His Eminence
 +WENCESLAUS

 Metropolitan 
​ of African Province (N)

 Bishop of
 Ibanda, Uganda
 (Order of St Benedict)

 CONSECRATION DATE:
​ August 3, 2019

Picture
 
 His Eminence
 +JOHN

 Metropolitan
 of Hawaii and
 Pacific Rim

 Archbishop of Honolulu, Hawaii
 (Chaldean-Syrian Rite)

 CONSECRATION DATE:
​ April 21, 2013​

Picture
   
    His Grace
   +JOSE

    Bishop 
    of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
    USA



​
    CONSECRATION DATE:
    July 9, 2021
​   

Picture

 His Eminence
 +TIMOTHY
   


 Archbishop
 of Nashville/Glasgow
 
 Celtic Orthodox Province
 

 CONSECRATION DATE:
 ​June 28, 1999

Picture

     His Eminence
   +FERDINAND

    Archbishop, Metropolitan 
    and Primate for all Churches
​    & Religous Institutions 
    established by and under the    
    Byzantine Orthodox Catholic
    Church from Cameroon, Africa

    CONSECRATIOIN DATE:
     April 21, 2018

Picture
 
    His Eminence       
   +ISMHAEL

    Exarch 
    Exarchate of
    St Thomas the Apostle
   
    Sicily, Calabria and
    Sardinia (Italy) 

    CONSECRATION DATE:
    November 28, 2019

Picture
 
    His Grace
   +JOHN

    Bishop/Prior 
    Monastic Diocese
​    of Saint Benedict
    
​     Rubitizi District
​     Uganda

    CONSECRATIOIN DATE:
     September 5, 2020

Picture
Picture
​CHANCELLOR OF THE OCA-UAOC:
          His Eminence
          Metropolitan +MARTIN
          Archbishop of Flint, Michigan


GRAND PROTOSYNCELLUS
OF THE OCA-UAOC

          Very Reverend
          Archpriest Boulos Khoury
          Pastor, St. Raphael of Brooklyn, El Cajon, California

+ + +
+ + Meetings of the Holy Synod via ZOOM + +

Picture
Picture
Back to Top
Picture


+ ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA +
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

All Content Copyright (c) 1951, 2005-2025 BY ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, PROTECTED BY US & INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT

"The Mission of the Orthdoox Church of America, the local Orthodox Christian Church of the
​Ukrainian 
historic Kyivan Metropolitanate and Authorized by the Tomos of 1924 from the
Ecumenical Patriarchate 
of Constantinople, is to be faithful in fulfilling the mandates of
Jesus Christ to "Go into all the world and 
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit"...and...to welcome people from
​everywhere, that all, "may be ONE as Me and My Father are One."


For information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy.

FOR INQUIRIES & PRAYER REQUESTS:  Chancellery@oca-uaoc.org 
Web Hosting by iPage