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==Ligonier and Beyond (1994-present)==
*1994 [[Ligonier Meeting]] in Western Pennsylvania at the [[Antiochian Village]] held by the majority of Orthodox hierarchs in North America votes to do away with the notion of Orthodox Christians in America being a "[[diaspora]]" and pledges to work together in missions; [[glorification]] of St. [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]; [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]] becomes a [[SCOBA]] agency and changes to its current name; glorification in Russia of Ss. [[John Kochurov ]] and [[Alexander Hotovitsky]].
*1995 Death of Bp. [[Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos]].
*1996 Allegedly forced retirement of Greek Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America]], being replaced by [[Spyridon (Papageorge) of Chaldea|Spyridon (Papageorge)]]; [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America]] joins [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]], coming under [[Constantinople]].*1997 Visit by [[Ecumenical Patriarch]] [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople]] to US.
*1998 [[Ben Lomond Crisis]] in the (formerly [[Evangelical Orthodox Church|EOC]]) [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian]] parish of Ss. Peter and Paul (Ben Lomond, California) gains national attention; multiple [[clergy]] are [[laicization|laicized]] and/or [[excommunication|excommunicated]].
*1999 Retirement of [[Spyridon (Papageorge) of Chaldea|Spyridon (Papageorge)]], Greek Archbishop of America, being replaced by [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios (Trakatellis)]]; reception of dissident group from the [[Ben Lomond Crisis]] by the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America|Jerusalem Patriarchate]], including re-ordination of some of the excommunicated and/or deposed clergy.
