In 2007, Archbishop Gregory received Archbishop Ambrose (Moran-Dolgorouky) of New York City, one of many [[episcopi vagantes]] who claim to have been consecrated by independent Ukrainian bishops, into the GOCA. After his reception, he participated in the consecration of Archimandrite John (Egan) as Bishop of Colorado Springs, along with Archbishop Gregory, on January 6, 2008. Since the reception of a bishop can only be canonically accomplished by a [[synod]], Archbishop Gregory initially claimed that Archbishop Makarios of Athens gave him verbal consent for the reception over the telephone. This was vehemently denied by both Archbishop Makarios and his Synod of Bishops. Six months later, Archbishop Ambrose left the GOCA and returned to his former status as an independent bishop. Since the consecration of Bishop John was administered by only two bishops, one of whom was uncanonically received into the Church and possessed questionable [[apostolic succession]], the GOCA has become even more isolated from other "[[True Orthodox]]" communities.

The jurisdiction is supported mainly by profits from the [[iconography]] and publishing work of its two monastic centers, [[Dormition Skete (Buena Vista, Colorado)|Dormition Skete]] and [[Holy Apostles Convent (Buena Vista, Colorado)|Holy Apostles Convent]], both in Buena Vista.