*1927 ROCOR synod sends epistle to American parishes [[suspension|suspending]] Platon and his [[clergy]]; founding of the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]] by the [[Orthodox Church in America|Russian Metropolia]]; founding of [[Federated Russian Orthodox Clubs]] (FROC) in Pittsburgh.

*1928 Ukrainian diocese established.

*1931 [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras (Spyrou)]] becomes primate of [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Archdiocese]].

*1933 Metr. [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] refuses to pledge loyalty to Moscow, which declares the Metropolia to be in [[schism]] and establishes the [[Russian Exarchate of North America|Exarchate of Moscow on American soil]]; Platon grants canonical release to Syrian parishes remaining under the Metropolia to come under the [[Church of Antioch]].