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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.
Greek Orthodox Church of St. George: Piscataway, New Jersey: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church: Manhattan, New York Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: 2014-pending Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: 1959 built Holy Trinity Cathedral: 279 S. 200 West, Salt Lake City
Western Rite Orthodoxy, also called Western Orthodoxy or the Orthodox Western Rite, are congregations within the Eastern Orthodox tradition which perform their liturgy in Western forms. Besides altered versions of the Tridentine Mass , congregations have used Western liturgical forms such as the Sarum Rite , the Mozarabic Rite , and Gallican Rite .
The Diocese of the West is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, and missions located in eight states in the Western United States – Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The diocesan chancery is located in Los Angeles, California.
The listing is according to canonical position in the order of the diptychs (the ceremonial rankings of jurisdictions within the Orthodox Church). For each North American branch (archdiocese or diocese), the table also lists the jurisdiction of which it is part. The Orthodox Church in America is a jurisdiction onto itself.
After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, communication between the Russian Orthodox Church and the churches of North America was almost completely cut off. In 1920, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication and travel could be resumed.
Orthodox churches in America became a self-governing Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America in 1924 under the leadership of Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky), popularly called the Metropolia (from Russian: митрополия). The Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America was granted autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox ...
Saint Steven's Orthodox Cathedral, Episcopal headquarters of Bishop Maksim of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America, Alhambra, California. [19] St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Sheffield, Ohio. [20] Episcopal residence of Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America at 65 Overlook Circle in New Rochelle, New ...