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The '''[[Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America]]''', founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."
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[[Image:John Shahovskoy.jpg|100px|left]]His Eminence the Most Reverend '''[[John (Shahovskoy) of San Francisco|John (Shahovskoy), Archbishop of San Francisco]]''' was one of the many émigrés from the Russian civil war who entered a [[monastic]] life in the Orthodox Church and became a diocesan [[bishop]] in the United States. After first being [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Brooklyn in the American [[OCA|Metropolia]], he was elected Bishop of San Francisco and Western America and [[Archbishop]] in 1961, a position he held until his retirement in 1973; he resumed active ministry again in 1975, and finally retired in 1979.
 
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Abp John's work in the World Council of Churches in the Central Committee between 1954-66 developed contacts that would be instrumental in the re-establishment of canonical relations between the Metropolia and the [[Church of Russia]], ultimately resulting in the granting of [[autocephaly]] to the Metropolia as the [[Orthodox Church in America]].
 
  
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While in retirement he remained active in Russian literary and ecumenical circles. Archbishop John was the author of many books and articles. He often employed the pen name of ''Strannik'' in his writings. He died on [[May 30]], 1989, in Santa Barbara, California, and was buried at the Serbian Cemetery in San Francisco.
 
  
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'''''Recently featured:''''' [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)]], [[Fall of Constantinople]], [[Seraphim of Sarov]], [[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]], [[John of Damascus]], [[Lindisfarne]], [[Edward the Martyr]].  ''Newly [[:Category:Featured Articles|featured articles]] are presented every '''Saturday'''.''
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The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."


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