Orthodox Church in America

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Christian denomination Eastern Orthodox Church autocephalous church

The Orthodox Church in America is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church based primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, known for using English in its liturgy and tracing its roots to Russian missionary activity in Alaska.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Orthodox Church in America canonical 24
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America 3
Orthodox Church in America (Alaska Diocese) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
autocephalous church ⓘ
communionWith Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

other Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1970 ⓘ
denomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
followsCreed Nicene Creed ⓘ
governedBy Holy Synod of Bishops ⓘ
grantedAutocephalyBy Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasAbbreviation OCA ⓘ
hasAutocephalyStatus autocephalous ⓘ
hasClergyType bishops ⓘ
deacons ⓘ
priests ⓘ
hasClericalCelibacyDiscipline bishops are chosen from monastic or celibate clergy ⓘ
married men may be ordained to the priesthood ⓘ
hasHistoricalPredecessor Metropolia ⓘ
Russian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America
hasLeaderTitle Metropolitan of All America and Canada ⓘ
hasMajorPresenceIn Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oca.org ⓘ
hasOriginPlace Alaska ⓘ
hasPolity episcopal polity ⓘ
hasPrimaryLiturgy Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
hasSecondaryLiturgy Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
hasTerritorialJurisdiction Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation Oyster Bay ⓘ
surface form: Oyster Bay Cove, New York

Syosset, New York ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
English ⓘ
originatesFrom Russian Orthodox missionary activity in Alaska ⓘ
primaryLanguageRegion English-speaking North America ⓘ
recognitionStatus autocephaly not universally recognized ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
theology Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
tradition Byzantine liturgical tradition ⓘ
usesCalendar Julian calendar ⓘ
Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
usesLiturgicalRite Byzantine Rite ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasMajorChurch → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
St. Michael’s Cathedral → associatedWith → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Diocese of Alaska
St. Michael’s Cathedral → ownership → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox Church in America (Alaska Diocese)
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia → veneratedIn → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Polish Orthodox Church → recognisedBy → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → denomination → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → formerNameOf → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → predecessorOf → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → officialName → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
Metropolia → successor → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → hasSuccessorBody → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → associatedChurch → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolia → selfIdentification → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
Metropolitan of All America and Canada → appliesToJurisdiction → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolitan of All America and Canada → isPrimateOf → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolitan of All America and Canada → belongsToChurchBody → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolitan of All America and Canada → isTitleUsedBy → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
OCA → fullName → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia → recognisedBy → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia → communionWith → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Holy Synod of Bishops → partOf → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Holy Synod of Bishops → jurisdiction → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Holy Synod of Bishops → denomination → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
The Orthodox Diaspora → relatedTo → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
subject surface form: Orthodox Diaspora
Second Sunday of Great Lent → observedBy → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Metropolitan → usedInJurisdiction → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America → coordinatesWith → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral → isCathedralOf → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral → affiliation → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral → originalAffiliation → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska → successor → Orthodox Church in America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska