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==Re-entrenchment of Division (1970-1994)==
*1970 Russian Metropolia reconciles with the [[Church of Russia]] and is granted [[autocephaly]], changing its name to the [[Orthodox Church in America]].
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*1970 Russian Metropolia reconciles with the [[Church of Russia]] and is granted [[autocephaly]], changing its name to the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA), which is accepted by some Orthodox authorities worldiwde, but condemned as uncanonical by others, especially the [[Church of Constantinople]].
*1975 "Russi-Antaaki" division in the Antiochian church in North America overcome by the uniting of the two Antiochian archdioceses into one by Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]] and Archbishop [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]].
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*1974 [[OCA]] Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York]] goes into semi-retirement, while his duties are taken up by Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]].
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*1975 "Russi-Antaaki" division in the Antiochian church in North America overcome by Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York]] and Archbishop [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]] by the uniting of the two Antiochian archdioceses into one, led by Metropolitan Philip.
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*1976 Reception into the [[OCA]] of the [[ROCOR]]'s Bulgarian Diocese in Exile and its hierarch, Bishop [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]].
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*1977 [[OCA]] holds its 5th All-American Council in Montreal, electing [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] as its metropolitan, replacing the retiring [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]].
  
 
==Ligonier and Beyond (1994-present)==
 
==Ligonier and Beyond (1994-present)==

Revision as of 13:50, June 18, 2005

This article forms part of the series
Orthodoxy in America
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History
American Orthodox Timeline
American Orthodox Bibliography
Byzantines on OCA autocephaly
Ligonier Meeting
ROCOR and OCA
People
Saints - Bishops - Writers
Jurisdictions
Antiochian - Bulgarian
OCA - Romanian - Moscow
ROCOR - Serbian

Ecumenical Patriarchate:
Albanian - Carpatho-Russian
Greek - Ukrainian
Palestinian/Jordanian

Monasteries
Seminaries
Christ the Saviour
Holy Cross
Holy Trinity
St. Herman's
St. Tikhon's
St. Sava's
St. Sophia's
St. Vladimir's
Organizations
Assembly of Bishops
AOI - EOCS - IOCC - OCEC
OCF - OCL - OCMC - OCPM - OCLife
OISM - OTSA - SCOBA - SOCHA
Groups
Amer. Orthodox Catholic Church
Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black
Evangelical Orthodox Church
Holy Order of MANS/CSB
Society of Clerks Secular of St. Basil
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The History of Orthodoxy in America is complex and resists any easy categorizations or explanations.

Early Missions (1794-1900)

Beyond Alaska (1900-1918)

Revolution and Rivalry (1918-1943)

Emergence of American Orthodoxy (1943-1970)

Re-entrenchment of Division (1970-1994)

Ligonier and Beyond (1994-present)