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The '''Diocese of New York and Washington, DC''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] which is under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. The diocese is the [[see]] of the ruling hierarch of the [[Archdiocese]]. The diocese covers an extended area of the Metropolitan New York City/New Jersey areas, including Long Island, western Connecticut, and Washington, DC.
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==Parishes and Monasteries==
The [[diocese]] includes fifteen parishes and missions in portions of the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland and the District of Columbia.[[http://www.antiochian.org/parishes/diocesedirectory/New%20York%20and%20Washington%2C%20DC]] While the parishes in the diocese are principally eastern rite, the diocese does have western rite parishes. For Parish Life conferences and other diocesan activities, the New York/Washington diocese joins with the parishes of the [[Diocese of Charleston, Oakland , and the Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian)|Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic]].
==Ruling hierarchs==
