His Eminence '''Adam (PhilipovskyPhilippovsky)''', Acting [[Exarch]], Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and North America, was a Russian [[bishop]] of the Orthodox Church in the United States during the ecclesiastical chaos of the inter-war era of the 1920s to 1940s. He led a group of [[parish]]es whose members were of Galician Carpatho-Russian background. <ref>''Archive of'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100618002953/http://www.tccweb.org/willimantic.htm#Holy%20Trinity%20Russian%20Orthodox%20Church]] Holy Trinity Orthodox Church History]</ref>

Adam Apollinarievich PhilipovskyPhilippovsky-Philipenko was born in 1886 in Carpathian-Russia. He attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Lvov, graduating in 1908. In 1912 he arrived in the United States and was [[ordination|ordained ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] and then [[priest]] by Bp. [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander {(Nemolovsky)]]. His ordination was apparently in violation of the [[canon]]s as he had married to a widow. His wife subsequently died. He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] with the name Adam. In 1916, he moved to Winnipeg, Canada.

Adam (PhilipovskyPhilippovsky) was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] of Canada on [[October 26]], 1922 , by Bishop [[Stephen (Dzubay) of Pittsburgh|Stephen (Dzubay)]] who was Bishop of Pittsburgh and senior [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] to Archbishop Alexander, then the ruling [[bishop]] of the Russian [[Orthodox Church in America|North American Diocese]]. Bp. Stephen had acted as the self-proclaimed "acting head" of the diocese, having not recognized [[Patriarch]] [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon's]] oral appointment of Metr. [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]] as Abp. Alexander's successor.

After the confirmation of Metr. Platon's appointment by Patr. Tikhon, Bishop Adam left the North American Diocese and headed an independent "[[diocese]]" of Carpatho-Russian communities consisting mainly of [[parish]]es in the northeastern United States. In 1925, he was involved in the "ownership" disputes over the Russian [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (New York, New York)|Cathedral of St. Nicholas]] on ninety-seventh Street in New York City. <ref>[[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1081EFE355C17738DDDAA0894D0405B858EF1D3]] "May Ask Court Today to Free Jailed Bishop; Platon Thinks Foe in Church Row Has Been Punished Enough -- Lawyer's Arrest Nears" in the ''New York Times article - Aug '', August 3, 1925]</ref>

In 1935, Abp. Adam rejoined the North American [[Diocese]] as an auxiliary (Archbishop of Philadelphia and the Carpatho-Russians) under Metr. [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus]]. During the latter part of the 1930s he was involved in the [[clergy]] dispute at the Holy Trinity Church in Yonkers, New York that was finally settled in 1940 with the New York Courtscourts' recognition of the legitimacy of the North American Diocese and of Metr. Theophilus' election as ruling bishop. <ref>''Archive of'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404044002/http://www.holytrinityyonkers.org/id15.html]] Chap. 4 The Storm Clouds Burst 1930-1940]</ref>

From [[August 21]], 1947 , to [[October 31]], 1947, Abp. Adam was temporarily ([[locum tenestenens]]?) assigned to lead the exarchate. In 1953, he was appointed [[vicar]] to the Patriarchal exarchate in America. On [[July 30]], 1954, Abp. Adam was granted retirement. He died on [[April 29]], 1956.

The 1956 edition of the ''Yearbook of American Churches ''<ref>[[http://www.archive.org/stream/yearbookofameric009509mbp/yearbookofameric009509mbp_djvu.txt]] Edition for 1956, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A, 297 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.]</ref> lists [[Archbishop]] Adam Philipovsky Philippovsky as the "Officer" of the Russian Orthodox Catholic Church, Archdiocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America.

Bp. Adam is credited with writing a Russian language play, titled ''Maxim Sandovich'', in 1931, about the [[martyr]]ed Priest [[Saints|priest St]]. [[Maxim Sandovich]] in Carpatho-Russia. <ref>[[http://www.rusyn.org/rusyns-literature.html]] World Academy of Rusyn Culture, Elaine Rusinko - United States.]</ref>

*''Archive of'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120404044002/http://www.holytrinityyonkers.org/id15.html Chap. 4 The Storm Clouds Burst 1930-1940]

*''Archive of'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100617232518/http://www.tccweb.org/ctitems.htm Russian Orthodox Churches of Connecticut]*''Archive of'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618002953/http://www.tccweb.org/willimantic.htm #Holy%20Trinity%20Russian%20Orthodox%20Church Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, Willimantic, CT]*[http://www.rocorstudies.org/?part=publications&aid=11028 church-people/lives-of-bishops/2009/12/10/archbishop-ieronim-ioann-chernov-of-flint/ Archbishop Ieronim (Ioann Chernov) of Flint]*[http://flps.newberry.org/article/5423967_4_1125 "Who Must Rule the Bishopric (Editorial)"] ''Russkii Viestnik'', July 08, 1925

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